"If you think I won't dream you some bagpipes now, I've got a fuckin' surprise for you," Ronan says with a brighter grin.

It's easier in that moment, with Noah relaxed enough to make jokes like normal. Easier to believe that he really isn't afraid, that the other Noah had just been full of shit.

Still grinning he adds, "I'll make it so only Gansey can hear them, though."