Well, Jon has read his share of fiction as a child, and contrary to popular belief he doesn't spend all his time in the Institute's basement, recording stale statements on a long outdated recording device. And as far as first impressions go, Cal does check several of the boxes in Jon's mental list of general hero tropes. It might not help that his research at times sends him onto some of the... Weirder</> message boards on the internet. And this isn't weird as in the supernatural sense, but rather weird in a 'Martin, what am I even looking at here?!' sort of way.

"Why, yes." Jon answers the question "At least that's what I used to be doing." Before everything just... Happened. Wouldn't it be nice to go back to those days?

At least that means that being told to be expected to stop a storm of all things doesn't strike Jon as too odd anymore.

"I take it this storm you are referring to isn't an entirely natural phenomenon. Something more than merely weather."