Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-50.129.241.31-20130407013257/@comment-4830106-20130827130535

BenRG wrote: 13th madman wrote: yeah, I think we can safely agree based on the way Adam acted that he outright let her go. Here's a thought. I, at least, have been working on the assumption that Blake 'deserted' Adam and his cause (White Fang?) because of his amorality.

However, there is another way to look at it based on the way he breifly reached out to her then stopped. Maybe he let her go because he knew she was ready. The time comes when every Apprentice is ready to become a Master in their own right. Adam was satisfied that, even if Blake was not quite at that stage, there was nothing left he could teach her that could benefit her any further. The time had come for her to find her own path.

This theory would work best with Adam not being one of White Fang but being a wandering 'Ronin'-like character, a mercinary in many way and possibly with a grudge against the SDC but not as overtly political as White Fang. Like many wandering Masters, he occasionally takes on Apprentices if he finds someone of suitable skill and temperment and Blake was just one such person. That. That exactly. Except I don't think Adam was quite so ready to let Blake go, and she knew she was making a painful decision given her facial expression. So while I don't think Adam necessarily believed she was ready, so much as recognized why she finally needed to leave him. Adam has some decency left in him, if only for her sake.

Also, the haters say he was just weakened by Moonslice. While I agree with this, I don't think it was the only reason he let Blake go.