Schuldig nods initially, confirming that at the very least he's paying attention and is open to hearing what Ukoku's perspective of the situation is. Okay fair, spotlights he's not into. If he wanted to do that, he would just post a big advertisement on the network and blame someone else for it like they did for Weiss. For all that people thought of him as flashy, he was alive today because prudence won out more often than not. And maybe because of Crawford's involvement. A little.

"No, you blow the element of surprise on something you've been planning for at least several months, if not years. I thought it would scare them, but keeping their guard down is probably better." He slouches a bit more, holding his chin. "What, bug their precious Ama-chan's temple instead? Hijack the mind of a temple attendant? If there's even one I can get to - most of them I can't. Could puppet a regular joe to just walk in there instead... I just wanted to know more about what they were up to, try to draw out the folks in power again."