"I do wonder how that meeting went, I confess." He giggles- he knows Emet-Selch can be prickly, and with a man like Silco... would he have appreciated Emet-Selch's brand of honesty?

"He seems happy. In his own way... you have likely seen how he is." He smiles, a wistful and adoring look in his eyes as he stares down at his drink briefly. Then his gaze flicks back to Silco.

"And you? Do you have anyone close to you here?" Unlike Silco, Hythlodaeus would not use the fact for his own purposes- he asks out of pure curiosity.