"And there are other times where it's a mix of both," he pointed out. Eli kept his voice steady, making it hard to read any emotion from it and glean from it his own thoughts on the subject. He then scoffed lightly at Shannon's comment, sounding more amused by the thought than anything. "There's no catch. I'm just a strange guy who likes to teach people other languages as an excuse to get practice with the massive amount of languages I don't get to use normally."

Later rather than sooner, Shannon would learn that Eli knew everything about his adoption and how it came about. Until then, it'd be a secret. "Not much. Victim's name's an unknown, but I do know murder weapon and probable cause of death."