"I get that." Adam says with a nod. Maybe he doesn't feel that way himself, but he can understand it. In a way, the Barns is more of a home now than Henrietta itself has ever been. That's all Ronan though. It's Ronan's fault. If Ronan were on the moon then the moon would be home.

"Sometimes the people help with that too. I'm lucky to have someone from Henrietta here. I know some people are here without anyone they knew before." And that's something Adam has a hard time imagining, being here without Ronan, much less entirely alone.

It sounds so legit that Adam doesn't blink an eye at the government contract story. He knows that what he's about to say will come off as strange, but he says it anyway. "I would have loved that, going anywhere but where I've always been. Although I guess I can see the downsides. The grass is always greener and all that."