It appeared neither Aspects had caught Eli's presence just yet. When Javier left, he had been in something of a work zen, focus on the case and anything pertaining to it. Matheus had been in the alley since before Eli arrived, making sure to wrap up any of the loose ends before the MEs arrived and took away the body. Shannon, on the other hand, was good at paying attention to the signals that others didn't know they put out for the world to see. Without visual cues, they were his bread and butter for reading people.

His brow furrowed and ears turned lopsided while he took in the change of demeanor. That was rather abrupt and what brought it on was a mystery to Shannon. Was Delacroix more sensitive to the subject matter than his presence here would imply? "Are you all right, Mr. Delacroix?" he asked.