Johnny nodded a few times, just to let Reed know he was listening and continued flipping through the schematics while he talked. Conventional methods were completely off the table and it looked like quantum mechanics were up. Finally, Johnny turned, leaning against the work bench. "What? No pulse detonation or cold fusion?" he joked.
Then he fell silent thinking things through and talking as he went. "If he lets you look at it," Johnny pointed out, "and even if he does, he'll probably have you license it." Which wouldn't be a problem from the construction side of things but things could get tricky from a business and monetary standpoint. Unless it became some sort of a joint venture. "The guy's got a lot riding on that."
"Do you have a time frame for the Zero-Point thing?" Johnny asked. If it were simple, Reed would have already cracked it. Which meant it wasn't simple and possibly even difficult (or even impossible) even by genius standards. Patience wasn't one of Johnny's strong suits. "And I hate to say it," Johnny picked up one of the other model pieces and moved it through the air, "but even when you do figure it out, don't you think testing it in a flying spaceship-car-sub-thing is kind of, uh, well, a bit much?"
Not that Johnny didn't trust Reed or his intelligence but untested technology always seemed to end up getting tested at the worst possible moment.