Did he even have a death certificate? He supposes he must have. He does grimace now however- what he wouldn't bet that the definition behind 'theft' was something a little too strictly worded as well then, if this is what Rex meant by 'extra-judicial killing'.

He'd like to protest it's not criminal at all, but he can already see that's not going to go well. (Don't you rules-lawyer him Rex !)

"Ah-" But oh dear. The more Rex speaks, the less Jonathan understands! It takes all his focus to even retain a little bit, which is saying something given how much has been left out. Ultimately he manages to tune back in more properly to hear the latter bit.

"You're building...an organic machine then? Is that what I'm understanding?" It certainly does sound like a good way to avoid the issue of whether or not he can actually leave the present one...