Jim's eyebrows arch slightly, surprised by John's answer. "It's neither," he says. Though he supposes it may have come across that way, it's not what he was aiming for. But John is a careful man, Jim can tell that much, and being from his time, Jim can't possibly imagine he was nearly as liberal about sleeping around as Jim was. He's pretty sure at some point people mockingly called him the Academy bicycle and there was good reason for it, no matter how offensive it was. "Sorry if that's what you got out of that, but I didn't mean it that way. Anyway, it-- it doesn't matter. I just mean that Mary knows I've slept with men and she hasn't kicked me out or ended things with me. You being gay isn't going to bother her nearly as much as you think it will."

There's a brief pause, then he adds when he notices the word he used. "'Gay' is a term that's often used for a homosexual person, where I'm from. Before you ask."