With third circle comes more responsibilities and more opportunities to show his worth to his Lord.  He's on his way across the duchy, cutting around towns and cities with his newly learned Phantom Steed.  As far as he knows, his mission is still a diversion, like his previous missions, but he is important enough to warrant meeting up with another branch of the cult.  The work of his Lord requires subtly and cleverness, as both a means and as an end unto itself.

He winds his way through the labyrinth of animal trails in the forest, to what should be his meeting location with his contacts.  (He thinks... there was a lot of little turns and switchbacks.)

He thinks he sees them, a group of adventurers and not just bandits.  He focuses his carefully trained skills of observation for any details that stand out.

They'll see him soon enough, he'll go with a greeting with a touch of plausible deniability (not that there are many licit purposes for going off the road in Cheliax).

"Hail travelers!  Are you lost on these winding paths?"