[But he takes the knife, pulling it through the bars toward him. It's an awkward weight in his hands. The brain? The blade doesn't seem long enough or hard enough to pass through a human skull. Nothing in the world does. Adam doesn't imagine it'd be hard in reality, but the idea of using a knife on anyone or anything that isn't himself is... terrifying. A stone's throw from the kind of violence one can find in the pit. Pure rage, exiting from him into someone else.
Adam doesn't believe this is about protecting him. This is about wanting him to do what had been done to him. Kill.
Sucking in a breath, he drops the communicator onto the bed before finally pushing open the cell with a squeal of rusting metal, eliminating the last barrier between him and the outside world. He still doesn't want to go, but there's a conflict between fear and rationality and despite everything, despite a lifetime of Lucifer's Cage, levelheadedness has the advantage as its always had in his life.]
Looks to me like you've got enough problems without picking up strays. Things don't look any better out there. "Just 'cause" gonna be enough?
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[But he takes the knife, pulling it through the bars toward him. It's an awkward weight in his hands. The brain? The blade doesn't seem long enough or hard enough to pass through a human skull. Nothing in the world does. Adam doesn't imagine it'd be hard in reality, but the idea of using a knife on anyone or anything that isn't himself is... terrifying. A stone's throw from the kind of violence one can find in the pit. Pure rage, exiting from him into someone else.
Adam doesn't believe this is about protecting him. This is about wanting him to do what had been done to him. Kill.
Sucking in a breath, he drops the communicator onto the bed before finally pushing open the cell with a squeal of rusting metal, eliminating the last barrier between him and the outside world. He still doesn't want to go, but there's a conflict between fear and rationality and despite everything, despite a lifetime of Lucifer's Cage, levelheadedness has the advantage as its always had in his life.]
Looks to me like you've got enough problems without picking up strays. Things don't look any better out there. "Just 'cause" gonna be enough?