No Hand on the Reins

Adam Some things you do just to see how bad they'll make you feel Sometimes you try to freeze time 'til the slots are a blur of spinning wheels Adam was feeling uncomfortably exposed after speaking of his marriage (and subsequent divorce); then Kiada began to share her own story and he felt instantly more like he was speaking to an understanding equal in this situation. Though her story quickly got far darker than his, which was hardly cheerful but had been more of a tale of class and society than death. "I'm...uh, sorry...about that." But her tragedy hadn't finished. Adam had arrived during Longnight, had seen the pain and hurt on people's faces, but had not until now met anyone actually affected by the beasts that roamed the dark. "That's real fucking rough. I mean...you don't gotta do it again, right? I get laid every now and then, but I don't have any intention of getting married. I tried it, it sucked, so I'm done." This kind of easy conclusion made him feel confident, helped him feel that things were easy. Adam laid back down to stare up at the ceiling of the cave, shoulder-to-shoulder with Kiada. "From what I've seen, love is hardly worth it anyway, in the long run." But I am just a broken machine And I do things that I don't really mean