"First lesson I was ever taught. Nowhere's safe. But, some places are safer than others." John glanced at Derek, trying not to think too hard about familiar this sort of conversation while walking a patrol was. The dilemma of a location for basecamp wasn't an easy one, especially if Future John was trying to keep off Skynet's radar. "Hard to stay organized and build up supplies if you're always on the move."
When Derek started listing off the things that had gone wrong in recent months, John paid attention. These were the sort of things Steve would want to know, the little things out of place -- even in a war like this -- that could be signs of interference. After a moment's consideration, he decided to give a bit of information of his own in a calculated risk. "Following on the theme of weird, this is going to sound odd, but have you ever seen or heard of anyone using a red handprint symbol either just before or since things got weird?"