[Ronan's pretty damn sure he isn't. He's a fucking freak of nature. He's an abomination. He's found his equal in Joseph Kavinsky, a creature just the same as him. As much as he'd tried to deny it, the truth is painfully apparent without Gansey's rose-colored input. Ronan does not, in fact, matter.]

I can hurt you now.

[That's what it means, that Noah is so warm and solid and present. In this world, Noah can actually feel pain. Pain of every kind, and Ronan is an expert in delivering it.]

You're not stuck with me anymore. Why the fuck would you want me back here, man? You could be living with anyone.