[As a general rule, Adam tries not to pry into other people's personal lives. He's spent so much time with secrets of his own, things he tried very hard to keep private, that he doesn't like taking that sort of thing away from anyone else. Some things should be personal, and they should be left alone.
But he also knows that makes it hard to get to know anyone. That's what he's preferred, for most of his life, but it hasn't served him very well here. Anyway, when you get right down to it, Adam is more comfortable listening to other people talk about themselves than he is talking about himself.
So he pries, just a little.]
What happened?
[It must have been something bad, to shake a friendship that has lasted so long.]
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But he also knows that makes it hard to get to know anyone. That's what he's preferred, for most of his life, but it hasn't served him very well here. Anyway, when you get right down to it, Adam is more comfortable listening to other people talk about themselves than he is talking about himself.
So he pries, just a little.]
What happened?
[It must have been something bad, to shake a friendship that has lasted so long.]
Was it something here?