[ When he had gotten here, and her hand had been gone from his face, and he'd been surrounded by soldiers instead of friends, Gansey's confusion had been manifold. Memories had flooded in quickly, stunning him, and it had felt like too much at once.

He'd chained it all down. He'd chained it and kept it locked, after learning almost at once that the Ronan and Adam living here had not experienced what he had, and knowing that Noah knew, but had not experienced. But they know. Henry and Blue know. Gansey can feel those chains trying to spring open, and he's not sure he wants them to.

He does want this, though. He hugs Blue tightly, eyes closing for just a moment, while he reorients himself around her. He touches her jaw and leans back enough to see her face, to imprint into his mind the fact that she's with him again.

And then he nods, carefully, and there's a fracture in his smile. ]

I'm okay. I think you saved me.

[ His eyes move up, taking Henry in as well, and then his cheek leans on top of Blue's head. ]

I feel like your first time out with all of us should not have been quite so eventful, Henry. Next time might be a disappointment. By the way, did you just glow at me? I saw that.

[ He thinks he did, anyway. ]