Free is the very opposite of how Ronan feels. They sucked the air from his lungs. They cut off his wings. His fellow dreamer, his own brother, Adam... All of them had conspired to destroy him. After everything he'd done for them. He'd saved all their lives and they repaid him by delivering him to his enemies and leaving him to rot with nightwash. He'd thought he'd been alone when he'd been living a solitary life at the Barns, but even that loneliness can't compare to this.

The only person who believed in him was the one who'd been created by him for that purpose. Everyone else would rather see him dead than see him become powerful. What is it about him that makes it so hard for anyone to believe he can do good?

All at once, Ronan understands what Kylo means.

"I never needed any of them."