"No," Ronan says, though he makes no effort to close the door and doesn't argue when Noah follows him

The window's still open for Chainsaw though the perch Ronan had dreamed up for her stands empty. Ronan grabs a sweatshirt off the pile of clothes lying on the floor and sniffs it once before pulling it on and dropping down onto his bed, back against the wall.

"Don't you want to go hang out with Krem?" he asks, grabbing a book off the floor as he pulls his knees up. His room's far enough away from the common area that he can only hear snatches of voices, Adam's quiet enough to be all but completely lost. Ronan considers putting on headphones to drown out the rest.