It takes Adam a long time to respond. No one knows about the visions and shadow images, and the only time Adam ever brought it up, he was completely dismissed. That night and all throughout the drive it'd been insufferable, even when he promised Cabeswater he'd do what it wanted. It only just started calming down, but every now and again he still catches glimpses of things that aren't there in the corner of his vision.

"I had to go. There's really nothing else to it. I didn't get kidnapped. Right now I'm outside Galax and I still have plenty of gas."