The trip to the garden had been straight to the point, with the nurse leaving soon after they had gone outside, without any further unnecessary chatter. Adam had actually watched the nurse leave and enter inside the building, before he had taken a look at his surroundings. The garden was actually what he felt to be a decent size, and was filled with all types of berry plants his mind didn't recognize. He didn't bother thinking about it any further however, his eyes instead glancing over to the fenced off gate that kept him from leaving.
It was high enough for him not to be able to escape, but it wasn't like he had actually wanted to. The nurse had given him what he had wanted, to be outside the building. He was still avoiding eye contact with the hovering girl that continued to stay with him, so he didn't notice when Duskull had grabbed him by the shoulders and flew him up into the air, not like he could have matched her strength anyway. His eyes had shown an appropriate look of shock, eyebrows raised up, and his body threatening to make him panic about possibly falling.
The bit of adrenaline that coursed through his body should have done exactly that, but his mind had disagreed with actually worrying about something like this. He knew what was happening to him, and that this was just a part of the bonding process the woman had talked about, so his surprise had been shaken off, as he settled in. Duskull had placed him on top of a tree branch, which he couldn't exactly get down from either, before sitting down next to him. He was still adamant about avoiding eye contact with her, but felt it wouldn't last.
Even without looking at her directly, he could feel the hovering girl glancing at him. While it wasn't exactly worrying, it did make him think back on things, and knew this must have been what it felt like, when he had done the same thing to her. Since he had no memory of who he was before, and didn't exactly wonder about that life, his mind had focused on recent events. The nurse had told him they were only here because Duskull didn't trust him enough. It was a thought that made him cross his arms, feeling it was natural to do it in this event.
Adam had felt like that was supposed to bring him comfort, as if that was the way his other self had kept himself isolated, but it didn't matter what he did to try and get this thoughts off of recent events. What the woman had said struck a nerve within him, invading his comfort zone, which in this instance, was trust. It felt important to him, and his previous thoughts that he did have Duskull's trust, was yanked away when she told him that. He wasn't even sure why the hovering girl's even mattered, when he seemed like the uncaring type anyway.
But he did, the damage was done, and he felt invaded, out in the open. With a sigh, the only discontent he had visibly shown besides furrowing his eyebrows, Adam had shifted one of his arms, digging into his pocket and pulling out the clear red and white ball. It was the size of a ping pong ball, but out of confusion for his feelings, he had pressed the center of it, which enlarged it to fit his palm. He didn't feel surprised, or was really interested, but kept his eyes on it anyway, resting his head on the bark of the tree. His expression matched his confusion.
"I don't really remember who I used to be, but I kind of have a vague idea. When you gave me this ball, I thought you were just going to leave and return to whoever told you to give me this thing in the first place. I actually would have felt fine with that, and would have just explored the place on my own," His tone sounded kind of stubborn here, like he was sure he would have been able to fulfill this fantasy. "But you decided to stay with me after all, which I was also fine with." He smiled briefly here, before his expression had changed again.
"And then Happiness came and said we're here because you don't actually trust me, even though you could have really left when you gave me this," he turned the ball over his thumb, rotating it around aimlessly. "It's stupid, since we barely even know each other anyway, but it actually kind of hurt. I guess what I'm trying to say is, I like having you around, and you haven't really given me any sign saying you don't feel the same way. So I don't understand why we're really here in the first place. Did you want to watch the sun set or something?"
