The youngest General of Ultimum Recursum, Adam's probably the least likely of the three to have joined any military were it not for the Coda, but he's taken to the role surprisingly well. Plagued by some lifelong insecurities, he's not necessarily the best leader, but he's a decent listener; his soldiers are mostly all willing to cut him some slack. They manage to restrain themselves when they see Adam actin' tough around members of the other gangs, but they tease him pretty mercilessly when they're back on their owns. It's all in good fun, though; he's usually the first to start the shit-talkin' anyhow. About Charlie... "I mean, like, I love 'im, an' I look up to 'im, but he's also a serious asshole. Like, he told me so many fuckin' lies growin' up that every coupl'a weeks somethin' comes up that makes me realize that there's this other thing that I'd just taken as truth but wuz really just more nonsense. S'like my whole life's just stacked on bullshit. "He's always got my back when it counts, and I'm grateful for that, but sometimes I wonder if he just protects me so he can beat on me himself." About Kasia... "Kasia's so damn cool. An' I really love her voice - s'like, kinda raspy; kin'a smokey. I wish she'd talk more, but y'know, I get it: she'd rather say nothin' than somethin' she'll regret later." About Ultimum Recursum... "Always blows my mind whenever we get everyone together. Like, I know how many are in my division, and I know Kasia's and Charlie's are a little bigger, but grokkin' a number an' seein' that many bodies in the flesh're two different things. "S'almost scary. 'Cuz, y'know, even though I know everyone in my division; even though I know I'm not gonna do wrong by 'em, it just feels like - like, I trust Charlie 'n' Kasia, but: all together, there're way too many people for just the three of us to be leadin'..." About his parents... "Mom worked a lot. Charlie 'n' I'd see 'er every night, yeah, but she'd always be exhausted and she'd hit the liquor pretty fast. I know 'she loved us', but I don't know how well she actually got to know us. Maybe she just loved the idea of us; she loved us automatically 'cuz we were her kids. But maybe that's enough. "Dad was a piece 'a shit. I saw him once a month." "Do I miss 'em? Dad: no, and mom: yeah. Might be automatic for her, but... yeah, I think... I think that is enough. Gotta take what we can get; gotta share what we can give." About the Echoes... "I remember, back before the Coda, durin' the holiday seasons, my gran an' gramps, and mom's siblings, an' me and Charlie's cousins- we'd all get together and just eat food an' talk for long times. And the little kids would get sleepy early, but Charl'n'I would hang at the dinner table. And mom would talk with her brothers an' their wives about... about the kind of stuff that mom an' them used to really care about: art and philosophy and politics an' all that. Charlie an' I never really had anything to add to those talks - an' I guess I don't really know what he thinks about 'em now - but I always liked those nights. Mom glowed in the kinda way she didn't usually. "They made life sound so complex- er, or maybe... they illustrated how complex life naturally was. But they explained it; they talked it out to us in such a way that I felt like we were gonna be protected by them 'til we were old enough to understand it; to have an' protect kids of our own. "An' the Echoes glow different, but they're talkin' 'bout the same kinda stuff. I still don't have anything to add, but... you know, the world is pretty fucking scary right now. And it's nice to feel protected. So, in my own way, I'll protect them." About the Executrix... "All the hairs on my neck stand up whenever I hear a feedback squeal. It's that fuckin' megaphone she's always carryin' 'round, either screaming orders or blastin' this horrifying music through it - an' it's so distorted, but I don't even think anyone's meant to hear what exactly she's sayin': all they need to hear is hate, an' all we hear is hate." About Kit... "He's seems like a decent guy, but we've never really talked much. He's kinda squinty." About Lucy... "She's real pretty and pretty funny, but I'm pretty.. pretty sure she's gay. Between her an' Kasia, I guess that means I got a type, aha... "Maybe... maybe I only let myself fall for lesbians so that, when they reject me by default, I can pretend that if they weren't gay, they wouldn't; pretend there's nothin' wrong with me, so I don't hafta work on improvin' myself. "Ohh man." About the Molls... "They're pretty antagonistic, an' they're pretty suspicious of us, but... I... unfortunately, I get it. Charlie an' some of the other guys're kinda nasty to 'em, and uh... yeah, I've been pretty bad with 'em too. I wanna blame the alcohol, but I know that's not good 'nough." About Billi... "Even when we're totally surrounded, Billi somehow finds ways to pop in and drop us off some supplies. I don't get it. Like, I'm always grateful, but if he knows like some secret passageways or somethin', I wish he'd tell us. And if it's just that he's fast, then... I know it's against his nature, but I wish he'd work with us against the Executors." About Sex Party... "I uh... yeah, I go to East Edge sometimes. It's usually 'cuz Charlie's goin', and he's givin' me shit about not gettin' enough action, but... sometimes, I go alone. I always feel bad about it. I always feel alone." About the Wizards... "They're... nice boys. I feel shit 'bout how I treat 'em, but I dunno what to do anymore. Charlie treats 'em like crap, an' I wuz with 'im the first time, so I got kinda swept up in it, an' I feel like it's too late now to be better. I know it's not, but, fuck, man, I just get anxious: it's easier to keep bein' a dick than to apologize. I hate it."