"It doesn't make what I said any less true. With my help, the young bookworm's research would have turned into a one sided teaching about matters I don't really understand. Don't see your efforts to find the truth as reinventing the wheel, but as creating a legacy of your own. Who knows, maybe your future family is the one that gets to survive this trying times and they pass on your own version of the truth to the next human civilization." Mister Scofield said with a wry smile that turned into a stern glare when he looked at Jon. "About you, you were already an adult when we met and you were capable of making your own decisions. If the content of your wallet was more important to you than serving the rest of humanity, telling you the truth would have made no difference. Sure, you may have joined the army, but out of selfish reasons."