"You were the one who brought up ears in the first place," Eli pointed out. "If you didn't want the debate that comes with talking about ears or the lack of them, then maybe you shouldn't bring it up with a guy whose job it is to ask those sort of questions. And if you're lucky, maybe I'll tell you whether or not I still have mine."

Eli reached out and took the business card from Shannon, looking over it carefully before pocketing it and both his notepad and pencil. It was start and he did get the guy's number out of it, but not in the way he was truly hoping for. "Excellent. I'll definitely give you a buzz when I get some time off to work my own stories. I appreciate the sentiment, even thought I'm sure you'd give it to anybody even remotely more talented than that hack is."