Touch was an especially important sense for a blind man and thanks to his powers, Eli could manipulate it any way he wanted to. Even without using his powers, Eli could still manipulate with touch, gentle and soothing hands on Shannon to keep him calm even while their topic skewed towards something very much not.

The hand from Shannon's waist moved up and gently covered his mouth, not doing anything to stop his talking, but it was definitely an obvious warning. He could stop him from talking if he wanted to, but he wasn't going to because he was allowing it. "Yes, that's what I said. I don't think it'll be brought up this time since things are going to be pretty light on everything today." His tone was light even though it still held its commanding presence.