If Scott minded imposing, he wouldn't have asked John to come to his house to get food. He gets a drink for himself from the fridge and takes out the rest of the food he needs to make their breakfast.

"Gilded cages are pretty too." His smile is wry, without any happiness behind it. "Not everything here is as nice as it looks, be careful, and don't trust the staff. Especially Professor Quintalian."

The volunteers as a whole were relatively decent people but with John's natural tendency to piss off everyone he met, he could get in trouble with them as well. It's what prompts Scott to ask;

"Do you have a place to stay?"