It did provide an opening to talk to Thoth about what had sent Hermes looking for him in the first place. Seeing as how the old guy wasn't too put out.
"Thing is, I, well..." How exactly did one put it? "I'm finding it difficult to, uh, control my urges. Not that I'm going around forcing myself on anyone, but I seem to constantly be in a state of...distress. Like antelope during rutting season. I'm also discovering that I'm not particularly partial to one sex or another."