"Do tell, when looking at me, what do you see?"
Normally, a question like this would lead Theo to take a good look at the other party while abusing the heck out of his hive to enhance the level at which he could try to read their expression.
Were they worried? Scared? Curious? Excited?
All of those things, normally hidden beneath the layer of the mask that every person developed for themselves, hidden in stuff one wouldn't normally look out for, would be of great help for Theo to understand the true meaning of this question.
That was the important part, something Theo was quite used to investigating to know what sort of a question the other party expected, hoped for, or feared.
