When Kurusu fails to recoil, Ren relaxes slightly out of a tension he didn't know he felt. But the comment... He looks down at his outfit. Over at Kurusu, whose clothes are notably intact. Back at his own ragged outfit.

"The past had some weird ideas about style," he concludes. "So do people think you're a fashion disaster?"

Yes, he knows Kurusu was lying. But it was a funny lie.