[ Adam actually looks surprised when Luke immediately understands. No one has ever understood. They've always told him he was too proud, too stubborn, too stupid to get out. Maybe. He can accept that he had been too proud once, but there was so much more to it than that. When Luke sees that immediately, he breathes a sigh of relief, all he can do to keep from hugging him or something. That's definitely too much. ]

It had to be something I did. Going somewhere that was mine. I— [ It's kind of emotional for him because he's never met someone who got him. He breaks off and shakes his head, then looks away when it seems like Luke really knows what he's talking about. ] Not... entirely. [ He pauses as he thinks about how to tell it. ] Ronan saw once. He came back and they fought. It was bad. Mom called the cops. They were going to arrest Ronan and if they did that, he'd be kicked out of school.

So I pressed charges. [ He takes in a breath. ] So, yeah, I did all of that. And I testified. It was me. [ He needs to say that. It was him. It wasn't Ronan who saved him, he saved himself. ]