"Huh." There are things he's good at, and things he's not, but at this point trying to determine which of his qualities SAGE approves of isn't all that important if it was more or less random selection, and so he nods but doesn't pursue the matter any further. That's good enough. Moving on:

"So I'm one of your 'representatives', then. What does that mean? Representatives for what, exactly?" A pause. "And don't say 'Phase Three' unless you're gonna tell me what that is."