I am trying to play Adam as a privileged white prince who has had the world of his dreams shown to him, and then restrictions put on it.... limits on a limitless world. Not ALL of the restrictions from the trolls, true, but....
It -seems- to him that where he offered an open, helping, eager hand, he's been told "No, Down, Bad."
It -is- a cumulative effect. I know that. For Adam, it feels more like a snowflake to avalanche.