Theo also wants to cultivate Lisa as a person likely to have useful information about many pertinent things, so yep, definitely work buddies. He's here to help, Lisa. Really.
And he has a massive dossier on Rabastan because he basically wants to be him when he grows up. 😁
Oberon will have to look very closely to catch any sign of fluster, but I laughed out loud at that mental image and would love for it to happen