The relief washes over him with such force that it feels like a solid thing, like hands gripping his arms to hold him steady before he'd even realized his knees were ready to give out. You can sleep, Kylo promises. No doubt in it, despite the weight of understanding. It's such a simple thing, but it's been eating at Ronan all day, this fear of the consequences whenever sleep finally took him

Something like a laugh shakes out of him, a cracked sound.

"Not sure you've seen anything like mine."

But Ronan isn't questioning his abilities. The fight — the exquisite pain he's left with in the wake of it, the swift defeat after only a few seconds of giving it his all — has granted him enough certainty to trust Kylo with the task. Cautiously, for the first time since his arrival, Ronan allows himself to believe it's possible he won't ruin all of this.