Noah loops his arms around her in turn, but doesn't hug her to him the way he wants to just yet, too incensed. "Ronan just being Ronan? So I'm supposed to accept him trying to beat Cremisius up because that's just the way he is? It's not right."

He knows she means the part about Ronan saying they're over, but maybe they should be over if that's the way Ronan is going to treat him and Krem.

"You don't understand, Blue," he says, his voice wind-blown and faded in the way he looks sometimes. "I love Cremisius, and he loves me, and it's not like-- it's a big deal. I'm a fucking ghost. He has Adam, he should be happy! Why would he want to try and ruin it for me?" He knows he's just getting worked up again, the temperature lowering. He's probably draining Blue's energy without meaning to, so he tries to calm down. He doesn't want to disappear again.