And he sees it right away; he flinches back in turn, covering it with a smile. It doesn't strike him as Ren's fault, and it doesn't seem that important to him; he even laughs a little. "Ah. My apologies. I should have remembered I don't have..."

Takamaki-san's gift, he was about to say. But he stops, and while what he says next isn't how he might once have said it, it's surprisingly close. "Who tried to kill you, Ren?"