Even without the hand on his cheek, Eli was still focused on Shannon, eyes wide and seeming to be unable to see anything else but him. The hand was grounding though, just like all physical contact seemed to be with him. It was easier for him to feel a person's electrical field that way and make contact with it and with Shannon right there, an electrical field he knew so intimately now that he could sense it from anywhere in the world, he was all he could focus on for the moment, even with his mind shattered into pieces like it was.

"Birds don't usually sound like you and they usually sing to claim territory or to court mates. This is yours so you don't need too claim it so..." He trailed off for a moment as his mind took its sweet time catching up to what he was saying and when he finally did, it was quite obvious. "You're not courting me again, are you?"

Before he could say much else, the singing and the massage thoroughly distracted him from that train of thought and Eli wiggled himself closer to Shannon in response. It felt nice and along with the scent, it was definitely starting to lead him into relaxing, his eyes starting to close a bit. "That's nice. Keep doing that?"