Shannon tilted his head when Eli knelt down to his level, then let out a quick gasp of surprise at the redirection. He blinked a few times, glasses dislodged from the motion and his brow furrowed in thought as he processed what rules he had already broken. It was probably going to be some sort of breach to fix his glasses, but how was he supposed to answer without breaking at least one of those rules? Shannon could nod, but Eli hadn't ordered him to; he could speak out loud and confirm, but he'd just said not to speak. Looking up at him seemed kind of pointless to rule out since he wasn't actually looking, but he was still interested and very willing to keep at it. He wouldn't look.

Taking a deep breath to let his rhythm even out into something calm, Shannon waited. It was a bit of a zero sum game, so he figured the best option was not to answer at all. By following the rules laid out, that counted as a acknowledgment and understanding, right?