Daneel's intention was clear- he wanted to leave after having Eloise take over, but it looked like he would have no such option.
He tried it, and it had almost resulted in disaster. Eloise had quickly hastened over after hearing him, and after she arrived, she actually saw the situation for what it was and did not get her eyes clouded due to baseless emotions. She was even a bit amused, knowing that Daneel was only doing it because of his sense of decency, but before she could walk forward and take up the duty given to her by the king to anoint the Divine Cockroach in the ways of the human world, both of them disappeared, and then instantly reappeared with Daneel having added alarm to his face, along with the medley of emotions that were already present.
