It wasn't the first time Adam had been on his own in a new place, but it was the first time since he became part of the little group back home - Gansey-Lynch-Parrish, he reminded himself, imagining that they were as much with him now as Cabeswater was. After all, he could still easily recall their faces and voices, their responses to things. Like right now, he could imagine Ronan just going right ahead without a care in the world.

So that was what he did, trying not to feel self-conscious as he explored what the map suggested was the main island, eyes skimming over every individual building, taking it all in before she started to study individual things. Get the bigger picture, understand it all; that's what he thought Gansey might think of doing. And that's what he'd learned from his time with them both: he could live and learn and execute in a way that only Adam Parrish could. He could make it in a place like this.