Ianto might have flushed a little more from the compliment there, but it was hard to tell, considering that the buzz he had going from the alcohol in his system already had him flushed even before Sulu had started it up with this battle of words anyway. Or whatever it was that they were doing. Other than flirting. That bit was pretty much obvious.

"I wouldn't know," Ianto said, pulling out all the stops to make sure he didn't crack. "Said tricks aren't really anything that I might be able to perform on myself, unfortunately..." He trailed off, being intentionally pretty vague, there.