Sulen's hand rises to their own neck, and they find themself momentarily at a loss for words, skin tingling from the contact. It occurs to them, very belatedly, that this is inappropriate. This is a new situation for them. It's not that there's no fraternization among Rahal- quite the reverse. Much as Sulen finds them irritating, the dirtier jokes about wolf packs are not without basis in reality. But they personally have never been interested in a coworker or subordinate. Before now.

But the fizzing under their skin is such a good distraction from... well, everything else. The red and purple colors are brilliant and also a good reason to stare at Eddox's collarbones.

"And were your hosts impressed by your boldness, Umul Eddox?" they say eventually, a certain slowness in their speech the main sign of their distraction.