The government lied to you – I never will!
Reese can't recall that Finch has ever outright lied to him – except maybe that one time when he'd tried to work a Number without him due to his so-called "sensitivities" – but he knows there's a lot that Finch has avoided telling him.
Strange that he hadn't really felt betrayed when he heard Finch's voice in the 911 recording that Shaw played for him, informing the police of his intended break-in at the apartment where Finch had just sent him – he suspected Root was behind that.
But when this mystery man tells him that the person who sold the Ordos laptop to the Chinese was Harold Finch… Reese can't help feeling a little betrayed. Never mind he hadn't known Finch then, or that this man clearly works for – or runs, most likely – Decima, the company trying to control the Machine. For all he knows, it could be a lie.
What Reese does know, however, is that both Finch and the Machine are in grave danger, and that he and Shaw are the only ones who can save them both. And right now, that's the most important thing – that, and getting out of here alive.
There will be plenty of time to feel betrayed once this all is over with.
A/N: Tag to episode 2x21 "Zero Day"
Originally written right after "Zero Day" aired
