With the silence following their words, Zafika had assumed Seth was trying to come with a way to politely leave the situation, they understood if he wanted to do that.

So, when they suddenly hear the loud, sudden harsh slap they end up twitching, head snapping to the side to look in Seth's general direction, despite not actually seeing what he had done, they didn't want to risk paralysing him.

But, it had sounded like he slapped himself? Why? There was no reason for him to do that. "I-I'm... I'm sorry, are you... did you just slap yourself...? Why..?"