He raises his eyebrows from the stove, at that spark of life. "I can see why you'd call it that. The way I hear it, not many people talk to you. But the way I see it, Leblanc's not my property. It belongs to all of us."

Difficult or not, he knows what Leblanc means to him, and what he's seen it mean to more than one Ren besides this one.

"At least," he adds, attempting to break the mood, "until Boss shows up. He wouldn't know if he was coming or going."