That almost makes him laugh at the mental image. John is more than smart enough to be a scientist, but also possibly physically incapable of sitting in one place for more than an hour unless he's actively waiting to shoot someone. Harold had been trying to be coy about what he reveals about John's personal background, but he decides John wouldn't mind some basic facts.

"No, I'm sorry, I've misled you -- we call the people we helped the numbers because we received only their social security number. Mr. Reese is former military, like yourself, in addition to being a former intelligence operative. It was just the two of us initially."