[ Adam makes a face when he mentions Harvard, as if he's studied how to hack futuristic computer systems. ] Wait, what? What technological advancements? [ And also what he means in general by sort of. Stop keeping things from him? ]

... You don't really believe in coincidence, do you? [ Adam hates the idea of fate, but he also doesn't think these events have happened at random. It's just something in between. ] We're being told that there's another way. That I don't have to... [ There's a groan and the last of his defenses are breaking down. He's been pushing himself to repress these emotions, but he can't anymore. He buries his head in his hands. ] If there's any other way, I can't... I don't want to kill someone. I don't want that on me.

So—we need to think about this. Come up with a plan. Talk to River. Before anyone murders.