It would definitely spur Eli on more and probably end up with him being dragged somewhere more private. Get Eli too worked up and any patience he has would be gone completely. Like with the rest of his emotions, Eli was pretty easy to get worked up and could definitely get pushed too far on accident if they weren't careful. Thankfully, he wasn't quite there yet.

"Oh, I'm very well aware of how you can be." Sure, Shannon could be patient, but it was like Christmas with bondage gear and whips and wax. So not really much like Christmas at all, but the point still stood. If Eli ever thought about it, he'd say that Shannon got his desire to poke his nose into things from his time at the police department, but he doesn't. "We won't be taking very long. We're almost done here and then we can drop this off and move on to the next stores."