It's only when Ronan hears that voice again, hear's his name in Gansey's firm fucking Dad voice that Ronan pulls up. It could still be a trick, he knows. Darrow's fucked up enough, his own dreams are fucked up enough that there's every possibility he managed to pull a version of Gansey from Cabeswater.

Except he'd know. He'd know if this Gansey was one of his creations.

He'd never get it so perfectly right.

Ronan stays where he is, this Gansey, this version of Gansey, trapped between Ronan and the wall with only a foot of space to the side to duck free. "What's the last thing you remember?" he asks, but his voice is quieter now, not nearly so threatening. Hopeful and scared all at once.