Cards were something Eli knew Shannon wasn't interested in, which is why the mention of them completely caught Eli off guard. Now that Shannon was explaining a small bit, he was back on track and able to deal with him properly. Not to mention, he was able to follow Shannon's arrangement of his arms, moving them where his boyfriend wanted them for when he put the shirt on.

"There are quite of few things you could eliminate that are definitely out of the realm of possibility: charades, Scrabble, pictionary, Guess Who." Eli was just being a smartass now and trying to distract him from poking his nose this early into the game. "I could go on, if you'd like."