His forehead wrinkles dangerously and he is just about to lay into him how that is not an option, the idea is that he has to choose between the two and by the way, it's a little disconcerting how he keeps comparing him to--

And then John goes ahead and says that and it puts a dent in all his agitated plans.

"Oh."

He blinks and stares at him, at a loss. He has, in fact, not realized this.

"You did?"