John shrugged. "Might be too much. You'll never know till you get your toes a little wet. Maybe with someone like her it's just best till she comes to you. A bit like a cat. She'll come to you when she's ready. The thing is - what are you doing to do in the mean time?"

It was his way of asking if Coulson was still committed to the search. Bumps in the road could shake a person here and there. He just wanted to make sure that Coulson wasn't so emotionally knotted up that he wanted to drop it all.

"Oh, that's just because you haven't found yourself in the crosshairs yet, mate. Just give it some time."