He could feel that, the movement of chakra, and he did what reflex had him do when he was trying for a peaceable diffusion. He stepped forward and touched the boy's arm, giving a stern yank on the chakra to knock the level of it back down before it could get to whatever usable levels he'd just been aiming for. He tried not to do enough to knock him flat though. It was a bit harder with the way the boy was gathering chakra to modulate the amount though.

He didn't know what jutsu had been in the forming, but he really didn't care at the moment. Still, he hoped that he wasn't giving the boy more reason to be frightened. He just didn't much desire to be reflexively attacked since the youth was... skittish.

"Then you can't. Try to calm yourself. It's unpleasant."