"Well, considering that nothing here seems all that interested in moving without some encouragement- That doesn't sound like a terrible idea." He put on a wry sort of grin of his own, because hey, his usual methods haven't been working, so he figured it was about time he tried something else. "I didn't expect that anything here would be simple, really, but I thought that maybe if we looked around enough, something would shake itself loose. I guess I was wrong."

And then he looked at John with a vaguely questioning sort of look. He wouldn't pry if he made it clear he didn't want to talk about it, but Coulson couldn't really let that go uncommented on either.

"Thanks for the warning, but the way I see it, I'm on borrowed time already. No one lives forever, right? Might as well do something interesting or useful with your time while you have it."