"I don't think I've ever lacked bluntness, so I'll definitely let you know. Still, I'm just glad someone's making any assumptions about me. It's weird - really, really weird - to be plain and simple John with a plain and simple backstory." And while most people would probably be glad they didn't have the whole 'ex-terrorist killer thing' hanging over their heads, John was decidedly not most people. He was John, sure, and not Pyro, these days: but what he had done defined him, and he didn't like letting it go so easily.

"How do your powers work exactly?" He wondered, changing the subject with a raise of his eyebrow: "Like - it's related to tarot, right? Can you use other symbols, too, or just one deck...?" Sure, there was genuinely friendly curiosity there - and a little probing for weaknesses, too.