Whatever it was, it unsettled the fuck out of Ric, and made him pretty cautious and wary of him. His associations with... vampires being remote was possibly better than ones going off the deep end into over-emotionality, but it still pinged some alarm in his gut. Not enough to make him reactive or scared, per se, but it did make him just a little more watchful and careful.

"All right...." He turned away and headed back out of the small cave, and pointed the light toward the entrance. Then he thought again and handed the flashlight back to Elijah, so he could light the way out.

And so Ric wasn't in front of him.

For all the cautious, though, he was still concerned about Elijah.