Eliot really was in better spirits now. He wouldn't have admitted it to himself, but it was a little depressing how quickly he'd jumped to thinking that he needed to use his body to prove his worth here.

"Great," he said. Then as they walked added, "You want to test me or anything? Or are do you just trust John's eye for talent?" Hopefully it was that and not just that John had a tendency to pick up strays.