[…don't mind Luke for taking that pen back and wordlessly underlining that sentence. Adam should remember he's intelligent and capable and Luke's fairly sure that Adam isn't described that way to his face often. (He's been around him long enough to realize that Adam's opinion of himself is shit anyway.]

I'm gonna pretend that last part isn't about me even though it absolutely sounds like it could be me. [A grin. It's sort of funny and part of him almost (?) misses Machias's hollering. Even if he did accidentally kick his head. Sorry Machias. But he does find it interesting that Machias has said the same thing.] Why are they sure we can establish contact? That seems almost impossible right now.

[The last message is from Adelina though, and while it takes effort he finds himself reading it out loud as he puts the words together. All he comes up with is "seems to me you have become something like a leader to people", and though he sees it, he doesn't read out loud the portion of taking care of himself. Or what he assumes that says, anyway. It's the message that causes him to pause and he stares at the paper again.]

…you get the feeling they're counting on us to fix all of this? [It's mostly a sarcastic statement, but it's faint because it's a little too true.]