Ronan figures there's a reason as well. He hopes that it's only to keep them busy or to defend themselves from the average sort of threat: bullies and the like, but this place is already weird enough that he doesn't think that's the case.

Which is why Ronan offered. He knows that and he cares about Adam. He wants to make sure that Adam is okay.

Ronan knows that as well. In some ways, Ronan is less adept at surviving than Adam. He'd fight against taking pills until they tied him down and forced it between his teeth.

Ronan's voice drops low, recognizing the vulnerability and allowing a little of his own to show. "No shit," he bites out, but he follows it up with, "me neither."