During said private affair from above, Rhys gets a good amount of Brujah blood in his system, making it much harder to keep himself in check. When the hunters start the attack, the youngest Tremere frenzies and is only brought out of it by Joseph who managed to keep himself together for his lover. Before this, however, Rhys does manage to injure a hunter who had taken a swing at him. The damage he took, and gave, would end up being superficial before they managed to find an escape route and Joseph dragged them out.