"A good imagination I guess, or maybe you used to have big lizards but they died out."

Or maybe... dinosaurs? Who even knows. He rolls his shoulder distractedly, trying to tune out the ache in his arm. Lizards, right. Think about lizards. Find a good lizard spot, catch lizards. Don't think about your arm hurting.

"Get a lot of them in California. Swifts, Geckos, Whiptails, Skinks -- Skinks are cool, they're kinda shiny and come in lots of colours. Some of them get really blue tails."

John is absolutely the kind of person who tried to catch lizards as a kid. Who wouldn't want a pet lizard?