[Six months ago, Adam might've called that paranoid – but after everything he's dealt with since then, he's not sure he can rule out even the most ludicrous of tinfoil-hat conspiracy theories anymore.
In other words: once you're enemies with the goddamned Illuminati, everything else seems that much more believable by comparison. It's a good point on its own merits, though– and one that he's already considered, himself.
But the question, as abrupt as it is, gives him pause – it takes him a good few long seconds of thought before he can come up with any sort of answer at all.] As long as they haven't given me a reason not to trust them...
[He frowns, mouth thinning. It's a weak-sounding answer, and he knows it – but it's very truly the only sort of criteria he's come to be able to rely on.]
Lately, I– Haven't really been able to be picky about who I place my trust in. But as long as we're all here, I think most of us are in the same boat.
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In other words: once you're enemies with the goddamned Illuminati, everything else seems that much more believable by comparison. It's a good point on its own merits, though– and one that he's already considered, himself.
But the question, as abrupt as it is, gives him pause – it takes him a good few long seconds of thought before he can come up with any sort of answer at all.] As long as they haven't given me a reason not to trust them...
[He frowns, mouth thinning. It's a weak-sounding answer, and he knows it – but it's very truly the only sort of criteria he's come to be able to rely on.]
Lately, I– Haven't really been able to be picky about who I place my trust in. But as long as we're all here, I think most of us are in the same boat.