Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-75.84.117.40-20130322210744/@comment-3387274-20130403215155

firstly, The petals left by Adam's slash matched the ones on the surounding trees. Often violent slashes in manga disturb the surroundings in some way, and this could be the same. However, I doubt it, given the exact circumstances.

Another possibility is that those that possess the ability are feared and subsequently outcast in some way. When you're in a frozen wilderness during full snow fall, it's either because you have to do something important, or because you have nowhere else to go.

This also explains Adam's apparent revolutionary or terroist tendencies.