Part of Ben didn't want to let Ronan leave, not on this note, but he'd promised last night that he wouldn't badger him anymore, and he'd already almost broken that by trying to get him to take the potion.
He stood as well, and started gathering up the plates while Ronan headed back to the bedroom to get his bag. He hated the thought of Ronan leaving without the potion though, and made a spur of the moment decision.
"Not a word," he said to Patrick and Dale, before palming the potion vial and heading out into the living room. This probably wouldn't work at all, but he had to try.
"Hey," he said as Ronan came back from the bedroom. "You're welcome to take some of the left over food. Patrick cooked enough for a small army. There's no way we'll eat it all." He tried not to make it sound like an order, as that had already proved to backfire more than once, and he really didn't want to know if Ronan was the type to follow through on threats, because he didn't think he'd like the answer.