If Sasha is standing then protocol calls for Sulen to stand. Well, all the protocol they've ever learned- who knows how it works on Naxarat? Maybe Sulen can discreetly try to get their hands on a guidebook.

"Neither, thank you," Sulen says, since they also have no idea what's in the tea. If they're going to do this job properly they really need to start being more proactive in learning about the people on this ship.

They give Sasha a deep bow, and then wait. They've brought their tablet with notes on their impressions of the new crew members, but it seems like a good idea to let Sasha take the lead.