[ A comparative issue, says John and goes on the defend the Spec Ops because they're the closest we've got. Khan's face remains mostly blank, though the coolness in his eyes thaws quite considerably when John looks up at him and compliments him. Well, Peter Harrison, strictly speaking, and that's actually annoying. Khan gives him the slightest hint of a smile, looking him over for at long moment.
He doesn't particularly care whether John knows the truth, nor how much of it he knows. The secrets surrounding him and the purpose behind his existence were never his in the first place and currently, with Marcus holding his crew hostage to force him into cooperation, keeping the man's secrets only matters insofar as any indiscretions might cost Khan. And by proxy, his people. In this universe? It doesn't. It won't.
However, while John's knowledge of the truth doesn't matter much to him, the lies bother him. They're Marcus' lies - not his. And John is... not unimportant. ]
You realise I'm not Spec Ops. [ He looks away, raising an eyebrow slightly. ] But I'll accept your compliment for what it is.
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He doesn't particularly care whether John knows the truth, nor how much of it he knows. The secrets surrounding him and the purpose behind his existence were never his in the first place and currently, with Marcus holding his crew hostage to force him into cooperation, keeping the man's secrets only matters insofar as any indiscretions might cost Khan. And by proxy, his people. In this universe? It doesn't. It won't.
However, while John's knowledge of the truth doesn't matter much to him, the lies bother him. They're Marcus' lies - not his. And John is... not unimportant. ]
You realise I'm not Spec Ops. [ He looks away, raising an eyebrow slightly. ] But I'll accept your compliment for what it is.