With a careful eye, Eli watched her observe and dissect his shield, noting a good bit about it with just a touch and a look. Impressive. "Good eye. And cool tradition. I just built this so not much backstory here." He chuckled, flexing his shoulder. With a click, the shield unlatched from his rail and Eli exchanged his with hers. "Just uh, don't touch any of the switches and buttons except for the ones on the handle. Hit numbers two and four." He explained, pointing to a switch on the handle, pointing to the five triggers/buttons on the shield handle and telling her the combination to expand it. "The screen's a touch pad so you can see what it does there. Also put some movies and music there too for kicks." He chuckled before turning to the yellow shield in his hands. Wanting to know more about it, he put on his goggles and earmuffs, blotting out light and sound till he fired up his semblance. "Hmmmm, 15 kilos, good balance," He said, holding it up and feeling it out. "Dust mechanism here, I'll bet this thing springs out." He said, running his fingers along the spike like a blind man reading braille. Leaning in,he could see the tiny nicks and bumps on the surface that cast shadows, barely visible even to his eye. This thing wasn't used as a shield very often. Eli even sniffed at it. "Soap and oil. You're doing good maintenance on it, Lix." He smiled back at her, seeing her clearly through the smoked goggles. As he turned down his semblance,