path of dawn quest broke somewhat

[octoyanko]

basically every time i go to meet the sponsor (be it me actually meeting him or baurus) all i get is him just staring and saying nothing. if i interact with him i get this neat lil message saying I HAVE NO GREETING which makes things even more confusing. did his voice lines somehow broke or something ? it doesn't really matter in the end cuz i can just kill him to proceed with the questline and nothing else seems to be broken, but still it does mess with the experience a tad. if any of you know how to fix this that would be great.
the only mods i have are the fan patches, face overhaul and children of cirodiil.

[4K_240hz_MLED]

You can try to force advance the quest or reset the character's AI. Reference the UESP Wiki for details.