"No, I gave her your cover name," John answers. "And she doesn't know details about your involvement, she doesn't know about the Machine or what it is you've done for me. She only knows I was close to death and the reason..." He pauses for a moment, then reaches out and presses his finger against the paper. "The reason I didn't end up like this John Reese is because you were there."

It still doesn't sound right. It doesn't encompass what he really wants to say to Finch, it doesn't capture the extent to which he knows Finch has helped him, but John has never been known for his eloquence and it's as good as he has to offer.

"She knows about Jessica," he says. "She knows I was CIA and she knows you were there to remind me I could still do something good, but none of the details as to how you managed that. I didn't want to give away too much without talking to you and I don't want to put her in any danger." There's been no sign of Samaritan and he doesn't know if they're truly safe, but he isn't willing to take that risk. Not with one of the few people he's come to think of as a friend here in Darrow. There aren't many people he might be able to trust and maybe he owes her better than this, but he just can't risk it. He's risked too many people already.