... and part of him really, really wants to just—offer his hand again and introduce himself. He does it with everyone. I'm Goro Akechi. He did it before. He wanted to.

Is it really that simple? Is it really not just that this is some kind of weird entity, with some barely-concealed weird power, but that it's Ren? Shit.

"... I suppose so. Maybe you'd like a little panic, if you tried it the once."