Thoughts of speech leaked out of his mind as the touch continued, moved and warped into another sensation all together. He moved into it, a slight sound forming at the back of his throat, hands rattling at the bindings and chain holding them there while he tried to place his palms against the floor outside of his folded legs. It was a useless maneuver and he stilled all save for the way his fingers curled as if to hold on to the feeling as best he could. That facsimile of touch was his only grounding.

"Yes," he said after a pause. Once the words had warily poked their way back into his head. "But... but you're not touching." How could Eli do such a thing without even a single physical connection? How did his powers work? What else could he do?