Jones was taken aback by her question. Was that what his words sounded like? He didn't mean it that way. He may be licensed to kill but that was only if it was necessary. If his life was threatened. Wouldn't he get into trouble if he did that?
"Natasha, that is not what I mean," he said, he thought she was joking at first but when he remembered that the woman in front of him was different from the one whom he used to know, that idea and thought was immediately pushed out of his mind
"Then how do you intend to help me?" she asked. If that was not his plan then there was no way he could be of help to her.