[When he looks at Adam and thinks about the things he's being told and his brain's being forced to process, he thinks back to when he was almost the same age and the world made very little sense. When the world was one day bleeding into the next of Luke biding his time and having nothing to show for it, accolades collected that meant nothing when the biggest thing he had to show was clearly on his face for the rest of his life. When Kronos had come to him and promised him a quest so big that Luke knew better than to tell very many people and even then he operated mostly alone under the titan lord.

Adam Parrish is much smarter than Luke would ever be in this case because at least Adam had plans to move forward. Luke's plans were nearly impossible, teamed with a young boy trying to tell him he was brainwashed and breaking the heart of two girls he loved more than the world itself once. He'd asked for help once and was turned away. Never again. So on some base level yeah he understands and he watches Adam curiously. His face doesn't really betray what he's thinking but he slowly nods. He can be patient, at least.]

You tryin' to convince me, or yourself? [He raises an eyebrow.] Pretty good thing of you to do to save somebody you care about. [Whether he means Ronan or Adam himself he's not saying. There's a short sigh though.] I've been back for about two months now, or at least back and conscious of what I'm doing. When I think about it, I think making the decision to bail yourself out is probably one of the hardest ones you have to make. Mostly because you never know how it's gonna end up. Everything you just told me? All the more reason this isn't worth the kill. You try to murder somebody now and fail and get yourself killed, what would be the point of accomplishing all of that and being better than your dad?