You shouldn't and you're being stupid. [It's close enough anyway. As much as he'd like to humor him, he could never tell Adam he was stupid. The kid's too smart for his own good and if he thinks about it for too long it sort of reminds him of how he feels about Annabeth. He doesn't want to think about that though.
He can't help but allow his eyes to widen a little at the phrase "it's already been to court." What the hell did that mean? So many things are already racing through his head about what Adam's told him, about Welsh kings and dreams and demons and Cabeswater, people he knows, things he's done...ways he's reacted to pieces Luke's shared with him. There's an answer. There's an almost obvious answer that pops up any time Luke thinks of the way that Adam responds when he talks about his parents, but it's an answer he doesn't dare dive into yet.]
Remember what you told me about how I probably wouldn't be good enough to pull it off? [It's not quite that, but close enough.] You just said you couldn't manage a perfect murder and then...all of this would be for nothing. Aren't you the one who told me you have to get back to people? You're the one who told me you couldn't bring back anything because of your kid and because you couldn't make Ronan deal with it again. I don't think not coming back at all is a solution either.
[He pauses for a moment. Without a doubt, he already knows he'd wordlessly defend him no matter what came up and if people looked at him differently...well, Luke would fix that, too.
"You know how bad it was to come back to Camp and have everybody stare at me like I was already on my death bed?" "Yes."
...is it pity Adam's worried about? He looks at the ceiling to consider that before he attempts to catch his eye again.]
She's making it up, all right? She's not going to reveal what she knows and if she does...we'll take care of it. What makes you so positive people would really see you differently?
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He can't help but allow his eyes to widen a little at the phrase "it's already been to court." What the hell did that mean? So many things are already racing through his head about what Adam's told him, about Welsh kings and dreams and demons and Cabeswater, people he knows, things he's done...ways he's reacted to pieces Luke's shared with him. There's an answer. There's an almost obvious answer that pops up any time Luke thinks of the way that Adam responds when he talks about his parents, but it's an answer he doesn't dare dive into yet.]
Remember what you told me about how I probably wouldn't be good enough to pull it off? [It's not quite that, but close enough.] You just said you couldn't manage a perfect murder and then...all of this would be for nothing. Aren't you the one who told me you have to get back to people? You're the one who told me you couldn't bring back anything because of your kid and because you couldn't make Ronan deal with it again. I don't think not coming back at all is a solution either.
[He pauses for a moment. Without a doubt, he already knows he'd wordlessly defend him no matter what came up and if people looked at him differently...well, Luke would fix that, too.
"You know how bad it was to come back to Camp and have everybody stare at me like I was already on my death bed?" "Yes."
...is it pity Adam's worried about? He looks at the ceiling to consider that before he attempts to catch his eye again.]
She's making it up, all right? She's not going to reveal what she knows and if she does...we'll take care of it. What makes you so positive people would really see you differently?