I really am trying to stay away from spoilers AJ but I will tell you that at least half his consideration is "what will Joss Carter think if I go home and tell her about this"
god I know I promised I'd do evil robot next AND I'm so swamped already but [presses face against this thread like an eight year old against aquarium glass]
lol the funny thing about POI is that by the finale Reese has like... five whole people that are important to him and he still knows almost nothing about most of them and they still know almost nothing about him
reese: i've made a huge mistake
Root: /turns up out of nowhere
Root: hello Sameen
Shaw: /sigh
repeat until Shaw is like "this may as well happen"