Charlie And Adam Should Have Had This Exchange
Act I, Scene I: The Edge of the Roof
(The sky above the Extermination is a chaotic smear of neon red and gold. CHARLIE is pinned against the crumbling ledge, the wind whipping her blonde hair across her face. ADAM has a massive, golden-gloved hand wrapped around her collar, lifting her just enough that her toes scrape the gravel.)
CHARLIE (Gasping, clawing uselessly at his wrist, her demon horns flickering in and out with her panic) W-Why… why do you do this?! The sinners down here… they’re your descendants, Adam! Your actual blood! How can you just… casually slaughter your own fucking children?!
(Adam’s permanent, smug grin completely vanishes. His eyes flare an aggressive, neon yellow behind his LED mask, narrowing into slits.)
ADAM (Huffs a harsh, mocking laugh, pulling her face inches from his) Oh, please, Princess! Give me a fucking break with the Hallmark speech. You think I’m the bad guy here? When we got kicked out of the Garden because of your parents little "gift", the whole world turned into a meat grinder.
Flashback: The First Wilderness
(The neon brightness fades into a grainy, harsh, prehistoric sepia tone. A younger, human ADAM—looking rough, bearded, and wearing crude furs—stands before a cave entrance. Inside, a terrified EVE is shielding a toddler CAIN with one arm while clutching an infant ABEL to her chest.
Roaring in front of them is a massive, monstrous grizzly bear. Adam recognizes the notched ear—it’s a beast he used to feed fruit to by hand in Eden. For a split second, Adam’s face falls into profound, heartbreaking conflict. He doesn't want to hurt a former friend. But as the bear lunges toward Eve, the hesitation dies. With a raw, desperate scream, Adam drives a crude wooden spear straight through the animal's chest to keep his family alive.)
Act I, Scene I: Continued
(The memory snaps back to the present with a harsh electric spark. Adam’s voice drops from his usual rock-star bravado into something genuinely venomous and heavy.)
ADAM I had to put a spear through the chest of a beast I used to name, Charlie! I had to watch its blood hit the dirt just so my family could survive the night! I did the dirty work. I protected my own. That is what a real fucking man does.
(He shoves her backward onto the roof. Charlie stumbles, hitting the ground hard. Adam paces, his massive golden wings flaring with angry, agitated energy.)
ADAM (Pointing an accusing finger down at her) So don’t you dare come at me with that 'descendant' bullshit! The second those souls chose to dive headfirst into the filth, the murder, and the depravity of your parents’ pathetic little playground? They stopped being my kids. They became a disease.
(He steps closer, towering over her, his voice dropping into a dark, resonant echo that vibrates through the roof.)
ADAM My real children are up in Heaven, keeping the faith and playing by the rules. The spawn down here? They’re just unrepentant trash. And I am more than happy to play the exterminator.
This is basically giving Adam actual nuanced and tragedy. He's become like this due to years of suffering and having to deal with Lucifer and Lilith's injustice towards him. If he had to protect his family against his former animal friends then he is willing to slaughter his fallen descendants to keep his ascended children safe from harm.