[It's not going to be all right - he just had to dig Gansey out of a grave, and he was in one himself not so long ago - but somehow it's still comforting to hear it said, even as Adam is fully aware it's not true. He'd like to believe it is, and he'd certainly like to keep Gansey from having to experience any of what they've been through.

He's tense - he's pretty much always tense - but he manages to relax just a little under Gansey's touch.]

Come on. I'll show you the house and we'll find the others. Look -

[He tugs his phone out of his pocket, a much nicer smartphone than anything Adam would have been able to afford back home, the kind of thing he would never in a million years allow Gansey to buy for him.]

I'll text them. I think Ronan even reads his texts sometimes, when he gets really bored.