He wanted to laugh. It was not an ideal situation but Charls's dead pan response struck Eli as rather amusing, where it normally would not have."I'm sorry for that." He repeated it only to make sure that his neighbor understood that it was an accident, not a personal attack.
"Water?" Eli smiled in turn, though his remained in place after the fact. "I suppose yes, but it's easily corrected." With that, he knelt down, palm just barely touching the puddle before it completely disappeared.
Raising back up, he gestured. "See? No problem. Except for.." He gestures. "That idea of yours."