Back to the Xelkoven War? Didn't that happen over three hundred years ago? It doesn't make any kind of sense, but being offered steak doesn't make much sense either. What the hell is with this guy?

Granted, Jack should have known better than to assume that handing his body over to the accomplice of an arguably evil AI would end well.

He sucks in a breath and then has to fight the urge to shake his head.

"I think I'll pass," he mumbles, even as his mind searches for the correct angle here. "You saying we can talk after this? 'Cause I've got more questions." And he doesn't necessarily want to give up the chance to ask them. Who's to stay that Johann will be anywhere accessible after Jack wakes up again? If that means interrogating him mid-surgery, he'll do it.

He's curious about the offer, but he also doubts it's something he'll really want to go for.