It was a simple task to get through the second bottle. He was easily dehydrated, and after what his body went through with the intensity of the scene they had just played out, it was even worse than usual. However, by the time he had finished most of the water, Shannon had begun to droop quite heavily. Where he had been leaning under some of his own power, now he was slowly drifting away from wakefulness and leaving his weight for Eli to hold instead.

The intruder in the living room wasn't even on his mind. Thankfully the distraction had been successful and saved him from having a further breakdown, and so his body was taking advantage of the chance it had to rest up from the mental and physical exertion. He was far too out of it to really say the scene was over yet, but judging from their single previous experience, that wasn't going to be a problem when Shannon eventually woke back up.