He waits until the real reason is outed, drinking his coffee, but is immediately shaking his head. Reid has no experience being treated as a weapon, and hasn't quite equated his actual experiences of being treated as a computer to it, so he hasn't realized that side of things. But taking things as said...

"I think you have a misconception of the role of CIs, also known as criminal informants. You might have to, um, tone it down a little, but there's no expectation that your hands would be totally clean. I suspect the more prohibitive aspect is that you would have to answer to someone?" His voice tilts up in a question. Spencer anticipates being a little more law-abiding to be less problematic than having to cooperate with a broader organization, for someone used to being a solo, no-holds-barred, no-rules vigilante.