And i kept running for a soft place to fall

Adam

Speed up to the precipice and then slam on the brakes
Some people crash two or three times and then learn from their mistakes

Conversations about who he might beat up or how he and Pet were doing felt inconsequential in the face of the war, in the face of the rising hatred against the Ascended. It was unfair, in the way the prejudices in his own world had been, and they were no closer to fixing in here than they had been there.

Maeve didn't want to hurt anyone (though she still admitted she'd considered having them escorted out, which a part of Adam found hurtful enough to have to grit his teeth, so he didn't say anything cruel in return); an honourable goal, but pretty impossible in the long run, he thought. Sighing, trying to let go of the tension in his chest, Adam nodded and played with some pebbles on the rock next to him, tossing them up and catching them.

"I mean you...you don't believe that we're like, evil, right?" He finally asked, speaking out into the darkness of the ocean, surprised by the vulnerability in his own voice. "Cos I don't get it. Everyone uses the portals. Biting is fun. Whats the harm? Like...I don't love the Voice, but I don't get everyone's hate boner either."

We are the ones who don't slow down at all
And there's nobody there to catch us when we fall