Alric had to admit he wasn't quite sure where this was going, either--but it wasn't really the time to undermine the plan, whatever it was (assuming it was actually a real plan), so he held off for the moment and worked on backup plans in case this one happened to fall through. Perhaps Reimu had some until-now unseen trick up his sleeve. Until he knew the answer to that, though, he gathered another fistful of plasma in preparation, and watched closely.