[Ronan doesn't have to ask what he's talking about, but part of him is still confused. The demon, of course, unmaking him, dismantling him piece by agonizing piece- but Ronan isn't sure what Gansey is referring to when he asks did it work?, because he doesn't remember anything after that.
In a strange way, Ronan hadn't really known if he'd been alive or dead upon his reentry into Hadriel, whether the demon had succeeded- but he thinks that he'd know if he was dead, he'd feel himself being torn more than he already had been. What he'd experienced, he knew, had been a prelude to having the very fabric of his being unmade. It doesn't make sense that something like that would be the end of it, unless he'd simply lost consciousness before it finished.
But it's true, the demon is gone. Ronan hasn't felt it since waking up in the arena, and Adam hasn't seemed to feel it, so they might be safe here. In some strange way, Ronan supposes, Hadriel has been a blessing like that.
He's relieved to see Gansey of course, and it echoes in his expression, but there's still a hardness to him, tempered by everything that's happened in the last few days. It hasn't exactly been easy on any of them, demon or no.]
I'm fine now.
[Which is as much of the truth as he really wants to disclose when everything is so new and they're both rallying with hope.]
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In a strange way, Ronan hadn't really known if he'd been alive or dead upon his reentry into Hadriel, whether the demon had succeeded- but he thinks that he'd know if he was dead, he'd feel himself being torn more than he already had been. What he'd experienced, he knew, had been a prelude to having the very fabric of his being unmade. It doesn't make sense that something like that would be the end of it, unless he'd simply lost consciousness before it finished.
But it's true, the demon is gone. Ronan hasn't felt it since waking up in the arena, and Adam hasn't seemed to feel it, so they might be safe here. In some strange way, Ronan supposes, Hadriel has been a blessing like that.
He's relieved to see Gansey of course, and it echoes in his expression, but there's still a hardness to him, tempered by everything that's happened in the last few days. It hasn't exactly been easy on any of them, demon or no.]
I'm fine now.
[Which is as much of the truth as he really wants to disclose when everything is so new and they're both rallying with hope.]
You went home? Parrish and I did too.