While the Aspects may not be aware that Eli was around, he wasn't going to be caught off guard by them and still kept an eye out for them. Thankfully for him, he could multitask and talk to Shannon at the same time, hopefully without arousing too much more suspicion than he already had.

"Hm? Oh, yes, I'm fine," he answered and it was like a switch had been flipped, Eli going back to his upbeat self like he hadn't noticed there were two Aspects nearby. "I thought I saw somebody I knew in the crowd, but it definitely wasn't them."