Seeing him walk toward them in person hit differently than watching the clips online.
Abigail and Dickson had heard the news of Adam's death back at Sector 516, and it hadn't been easy to process. They hadn't known him long, the time they'd spent together was short by any measure. But a life-threatening situation had a way of compressing things, forging bonds faster than months of normal interaction ever could. When word came through that he was gone, it had settled on both of them heavily.
So when the footage from Dead Man's Valley started circulating, the reaction had been immediate. They hadn't debated it for long. Abigail's family, the Kelvins had practically pushed them out the door themselves, seeing the opportunity clearly even before Abigail had fully processed what she was looking at. A mid-tier sector trip to Tristan wasn't a difficult logistical ask, not for people with their resources.
Getting into the manor, though that was the part they hadn't been sure about.
