"Can you?" Shannon's interest was definitely piqued by that crumb of information. It was as he had guessed—something was definitely different about Eli, the same sort of different as most of his trusted higher ups—but the specifics definitely opened up quite a variety of options on how to operate going forward. Electricity was a much more subtle way to kill a man. Manipulating sight, on the other hand, had limitless options. For some reason, human beings were very fixated on what they could see and rarely let their other senses override it.

Shannon gave Eli's shoulder a pat as he pulled away to begin dialing on the payphone, leaning up inside of the half-booth for fake privacy. "You should have told me sooner, Eli. That's incredibly valuable. You know how important appearances are in the world," he said pointedly. Their current ruse was case in point. He tilted his head as someone picked up on the other end. "Michelle? Be a sweetheart and get a driver out here. My meeting went tits up."