For a long moment, Ren just looks at him.

"Akechi," he says at last. His tone is almost gentle. "I'm a murderer. I think if I hadn't come here, I'd have tried to kill you. Not to mention all the other shit I've done. I'm not, like, an abuse victim or something that someone's been lying to. It's just really like that for me."

Even his parents knew. They were onto something, getting him out of their house.