Even though he's getting used to John and the way he reacts to things around here, it still rubs him the wrong way, hearing that.

"You don't gotta protect me," he points out quietly. "And I don't want you killin' for me. I'm not helpless, n' we're supposed to be better here, right? You're carryin' around all this shit from bein' a soldier but you don't gotta be that anymore."