Axel follows, quiet for the time being. He had been quite comfortable, wrapped in denial. To have that ripped away by something he can touch is....

"But now you can be nothing instead of just being a Nobody. You're off the hook."

He clenches his jaw and slowly exhales. Real. That ... vision wasn't just some random hallucination. It was real.

"... Sorry."

His voice is controlled. Too controlled. If Adam looks, he'll see that Axel's expression is one of tightly constrained anger and ... fear...? Certainly nothing like the confidence he's been portraying thus far.