I think my world's a lot safer than most peoples' here. We've made it so. We hold death at such a remove that we don't really know what to do when it touches our lives anyway.

[Ah. But he's getting philosophical.]

Adaman seemed really young for a position of power like that, to me. But he also did seem like he could handle it. They were both around the same ages as the kids I've been hanging out with lately - they're all pretty impressive.