No, he just so happened to be taking a stroll in the precise area needed to explore. But he didn't say as much. "Indeed," he said instead, lighting his own wand with a quick lumos before he started to pick through the area and make notes to go over later. "Have they briefed you already?" he asked, not bothering to look at the guy until he introduced himself. Turning, he held out a hand to shake Sam's firmly. "T'challa." He didn't offer much else but he never did.

"This is likely a curse and it does not appear to have a pattern over who is influenced by it."