Taking her glass, Eli just laughed softly as he gave a gentle shrug of his shoulders.  "I suppose so.  Maybe it's just that I've never been what you could call greedy or needy, so I can handle not having all the attention."  He went about refilling her drink, then mixing his, returning after putting everything away once more and handing her glass to her again as he sat nearby and sipped.  "But you're definitely a gracious hostess."