"I don't know - Gerard's been super careful about taking the wolfsbane potion. I don't understand what's happening. I'm so stupid, I let him get close, I didn't know what was going on." Adam made a noise of frustration and covered his face with his hands, smearing blood across his face. How could he have been so stupid as to let Gerard get so close to him, knowing it was the full moon, knowing Gerard was a werewolf. He looked up at Z.
"I let Gabe think it was me - I can't. I don't know what went wrong. But Gabe thinks he's making the potion for me." Unless Gabe had found out something Adam didn't know, and this was precisely the kind of thing that Adam had feared would happen if Gabe tailored the potion to Adam when it was really for Gerard.
Adam really wanted to say that he could help stop Gerard. He really wanted to. Unfortunately, he also kind of wanted to throw up and he was covered in his own blood. Finally, he shook his head slightly, the action making him dizzy.
"I was supposed to be meeting Misha," he told Z forlornly. "I can't chase Gerard. I have to go." Except for the part where getting to his feet seemed like a completely insurmountable obstacle just then.