He just looked at her. Zacharias knew he didn't need to answer that question, she knew. It was bad enough that he had said anything at all. Bad and yet kind of nice that he wasn't the only person who knew now - not that he wanted to talk about it. Even if it was still too hot, the more tempting option was just to throw back the tea in his cup.
"Drink your drink, I believe we mentioned getting you out to be human in public or something." It wasn't so much deflection as it was returning to a prior conversation point. "Not to mention I could stand to eat something before I need to get back to the office."