[ Adam doesn't think anything of Luke coming closer. It never crossed his mind for a moment to take advantage of this trust between them. No, Luke is his friend. He's seen someone horrible enough to kill a friend for power. It's nicer to have Luke here because it's calming him. He's remembering what he told him last week, about how likely he'd fail. Even for this secret, he doesn't want to die. He has so much to do.

He can tell that Luke is somewhat upset and the way he's keeping his datapad tells him it's not about the thought of murder. He's glad he didn't get a video, but it's also awful that Luke did. The question is an interesting one. He thinks for a second and then slowly shakes his head. ] No, I think... a good amount of people know. [ The frequency with which he was either absent or coming into school with bruises, yeah, he can't imagine people didn't put the pieces together. ] Gansey and Ronan and Blue... they all know. But it's kind of close quarters here.

[ He bites his lip, then sighs. He's being ridiculous. For Luke, a certain secret might be life or death. For Adam, it's just upsetting. ] How bad would it be for you? If people here knew.