[For once, Shun doesn't even twitch at the contact, despite their situation. His attention is fully on trying to work through this problem, because it definitely doesn't seem like one that's just going to go away if it gets ignored like Ren was trying to do. It means thinking through what he remembers being told of Ren's past experiences with this for possible reasoning or questions to raise, because while he feels Ren has every reason to be afraid, he's also not sure that's helping him at all.
One thing he does remember, though, is Ren's remark on it being a connection to home. Shun's been here long enough himself, and Ren had been here over a month when they first met, days after Shun arrived. It's not surprising the allure of a connection home would be getting stronger, and it only brings more concern into his expression even if Ren isn't really looking at him right now.]
If you want to talk to me about it in private sometime, I'll listen. You said it being a connection to home made it hard the last time we talked about it. [It doesn't seem like something that should be discussed at a very public training session, though, so he'll allow it to be left for now. There is one other thing from that same conversation he wants to raise, though, and he does after another moment or two of pause.]
You said back then you'd used it here once before. Why, and what for? [From what Shun had heard, he'd used it in his world to pursue power. Here, that doesn't really feel like an option, nor is it something Shun imagines he could rely on so exclusively, so the question of what his reasoning is now could maybe help shed some light on things.]
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One thing he does remember, though, is Ren's remark on it being a connection to home. Shun's been here long enough himself, and Ren had been here over a month when they first met, days after Shun arrived. It's not surprising the allure of a connection home would be getting stronger, and it only brings more concern into his expression even if Ren isn't really looking at him right now.]
If you want to talk to me about it in private sometime, I'll listen. You said it being a connection to home made it hard the last time we talked about it. [It doesn't seem like something that should be discussed at a very public training session, though, so he'll allow it to be left for now. There is one other thing from that same conversation he wants to raise, though, and he does after another moment or two of pause.]
You said back then you'd used it here once before. Why, and what for? [From what Shun had heard, he'd used it in his world to pursue power. Here, that doesn't really feel like an option, nor is it something Shun imagines he could rely on so exclusively, so the question of what his reasoning is now could maybe help shed some light on things.]