[ It's harder to ignore he this time (and he's sorry about doing it before!), so when she insists this time he flinches a little at the sound of her tone in his ear, trying not to bring a hand up to the area automatically. And also trying not to lose track of what Royce is saying which is...well it's probably why he honestly makes the mistake of letting the process run through his cybernetic arm.

A few twitches of his finger and a brief gesture and the automated message "User Unavailable" pops up which...he will apologize for, but unless it's super urgent he would really like to flirt? A little more?? Like he does not get a lot of chances for this.

And just--come on. Royce is actually trying and it makes Rhys giddy all over. Because he might be more than a little desperate at this point, and relieved the "busy" thing Royce has been doing doesn't seem to have just been an excuse to brush him off.

So yeah. Giddy's a good word. ]

Oh. That's--yeah? You really think so? [ Come on Rhys, play it cool. ] I mean I-I agree, totally. Definitely. The company's definitely...improved. A lot. Since you...showed up.

[ Not subtle At All. ]