There was a pause in Rhys, too, when someone appeared near them, offering glasses filled with what could only be some type of blood. It reminded him of the party he'd been drug to not that long ago, where they had been offering different kinds of blood. Being used to pretty much only the cold stuff, it had been an odd night for him.
Blushing indeed.
"I want to be useful." It was something he technically wasn't in life. Not to anyone but his mother, that was, but the rest didn't have time for someone like him. He tried to learn as much as he could by himself, knowing that the others were busy with this or that. With the issues going through the city at that moment, he wasn't looking too heavily at Amadeus for anything. Even if he should.
History and culture were of interest, yes, but there was something nagging at him, off to the side. "If you don't mind.. why did you -" There was a pause, as if he didn't know quite how to word it. "Why did you ask for my attention?"