It's more than John was expecting, but it all makes sense, and it confirms the criticism he's heard before for romance novels. In fact, he'd like to ask her more, but more than one question in this direction will kind of ruin any remaining plausible deniability, while more 'subtle' questions will probably come off really fucking weird. Not that he's good with subtlety anyway.

So he nods, trying not to look too thoughtful about it. "I don't think I'd know what to do with a woman who needed to be saved like that." In an absentminded way, he's thinking of his mom and also of Rogue, though even he would admit neither judgment is fair. "But then, I'm definitely not a romance novel hero."