"I think he could. He showed me a few moves to use on people bigger than myself." If Cole hadn't liked the man, or had gotten a bad sort of vibe, he wouldn't have recommended him to Ileana - but he did happen to like John, and if he couldn't trust a guy who let himself get beaten up for the greater could, then he couldn't trust anyone. Besides, self-defense lessons were a good idea, and a hands-on sort of approach was the best way in this kind of surrounding.
"Yeah. It's infuriating when there are people who have all that money and don't deserve it, or didn't lift a finger to earn any of it." He wondered if Stefan had a Robin Hood complex - a steal from the rich and help out the poor kind of deal. His morals had been strained enough by Shane and his addiction to murdering criminals, and there was a whole lot of grey where there used to be simple black-and-white.
"Issues?" Somehow he doubted she was talking about his family problems. "What kind of issues?" God, he wasn't some kind of lunatic, was he?