OHHH!!! to me rather than him exposing maet it was more like... tael trying to defend and justify himself (SOOO SILLY). he kinda exposed both of them in the sense that we now know giving each other "lovely" looks is just a common occurrence to them, and that tael is keeping a score of who initiates romantic eye contact more often (it is DEFINITELY not him). now you got me thinking about this again and I'm going crazy... legendary maettael moment for sure