Ren stares at the ground as the relief of it washes over him. Everything is still fucked, but at least Akechi's... at least he's not...

It'll help a little, maybe. Keep him from losing his mind a bit longer. "I don't feel very alive," he tells the concrete, and then he freezes. Why the fuck did he say that? Much less to some guy he just met? "Sorry. Um."