you've always been so tough

For what? For what? For what it's worth,

If it was gonna kill you, boy, it would have by now.

For what? For what? For what it's worth,

I feel like it’s an established fact that Adrian is the cool tall one who’s way out of our silly dork Rocky’s league

Bonus (the true reason for the crutch):

there's an explosion nine days before the launch and he's the first thing she's worried about.

you know she immediately is freaking out over how she let this happen. it's her fault. they shouldn't have been there and she didn't spot it.

and who can she rely on to find the answer she needs?

but immediately once she knows the stakes she cuts him off.

doesn't speak to him for four whole days. the person she has involved for everything. and then when she does!!!!

she says the first of very many mean things to him. and I know she doesn't mean it because it's one of the first things she says about him to the others!! all the way back in chapter 5 before they even knew he had the coma gene!!