The teasing seemed close enough to the good natured jabs John had once traded with his comrades in the army. He smirked at them, then slowly took his hands out of his pockets as Venom disappeared. He located him again quickly enough, then chuckled and surged forward. Humans would have had a difficult time keeping track of him as he nimbly, if not stealthily, ran and left his was up the walls of the same building, landing next to Venom with a grunt.
"I was trained to be a soldier, ground infantry level most of the time. Stealth training wasn't really required," he responded.