"He will be, yes." Before John has to worry about, or even really consider it. He's not sure either of them would have accepted otherwise. "But- thank you, Kostya, truly. It'll be really good for him to get started on that."

And he can certainly see how excited Kostya is getting as well, even in the face of John being... this, rather than anything closer to mundane. And it's hard to deny what a relief that is, for both of his friends.