"I don't think it's easy, Adam. I'm not asking you to make it all perfect. That wouldn't work, I know it wouldn't-- didn't work last time, that was the point. But... if you've got us here, your mates, we're... we're not like them. There's people here who can do a lot more than us. We don't even have a chance. So I have to know, Adam. How much are you going to stop? How much could I get hurt if War or one'f the others decides they want just one more go? How much could Wens-" He broke off, tears in his eyes.

"I wanna be here, Adam. I want us all to be with you. But I don't wanna see my friends hurt."

And if Adam let anything happen to Wens, he'd... he'd...

He'd leave.