But see, I am not sure Adam will ever die this way. It's not the worst way to die, for him, it's the worst way to stay alive. Dying over and over again, at least, would be change, something to tell the time by. A cycle. Hiro has condemned him to life in prison, and when your life is eternal? The prospect is terrifying. Unless rescue comes soon, Adam will not only be furious, positively wrathful, he will also be actually insane. Oh, Hiro.

Kronos and Adam have been eyeing each other up in my head, waiting for me to decide to write them. It's most unsettling.