John's brow quirked slightly at the greeting, but it wasn't unwelcome. Questions and names didn't usually come before a dog fight to the death.
He half smirked, though it was a fairly empty gesture.
"Been getting around," he said. Understatement of the year, possibly. He shrugged the shoulder not leaning against the frame. "Wanted to see what you were up to. Things were... different, last time we met." And the reward was almost immediately trumped. There wasn't a lot John could do about that, however. Broaching this kind of topic was far easier when you were a mediator, and not a participating party.