Ren wanted to deal with this by himself. Fight his way through his Palace, or get rid of it with sheer willpower, or something that didn't involve anyone else poking around inside his heart. But he doesn't have any Personas, and he's only getting worse. He doesn't even know what his distortion is. How can he get rid of it like this?

The words are on his lips again. Help me. Do whatever you want to do so badly, just make it fucking stop. But the thought of saying them makes his stomach roll, never mind what would come after.

"Hey," he says instead, staring at the grimy wall across from them. "Do you know what my distortion is? Not, like, the keywords."