He drums his fingers absently on the counter, watching her. In some realities, we're that agent of chaos. In others, it's Ren. "Ah, that's a difficult one. It can be so hard to really know someone, can't it?"

Ren, after all, is not someone he wants to discuss; not offhand over coffee with virtual strangers. Even if he wasn't round the corner somewhere, Goro would have been inclined to be tight-lipped.

"Did something happen with him? Your Akechi, I mean." Were. And that's never a good question to ask, not about yourself, and certainly not with an attempt on your life weeks away.