"Keep going," Wormwood prods Ren's side. "Tell him. Tell him how you really feel." There's an edge to those words that--

--ugh! Wormwood is so annoying! "I don't know!" Ren puffs up his cheeks, defiant, wrenching away from the touch. "Maybe I'm just getting used to this whole "suddenly"--" voicecrack "--"suddenly having people interested in me" thing! I'm not used to it! I'm not used to it! I--"