<<'No, I can tell you. I'm pretty sure it won't screw with the timeline at all. My guess is anything that happens here doesn't apply to what happens there.'>>

[He pauses.] <<'I can fill you in. But it's whether you want to know or not'>>

[Deep down he kind of hopes John says he doesn't. But he knows that not knowing as much as everyone else can be a pain or annoying.]