[Shun's just going to look right back at him, because while he is supposed to be the voice of reason, if the only way Ren can stop himself doing something like this is with Shun being the voice of reason, it probably means he doesn't really want to not do it anyway. Which in this case, works to his favour, so he'll take it as is.

To demonstrate the point about being deaf, Shun leans forward and clicks his fingers directly behind the cat's head. Despite the sharp, loud noise, it doesn't react at all until he moves his hand to somewhere within sight, at which point it takes a short break from rubbing all over Ren to try and headbutt the new hand.]

You don't sound like you're trying that hard to convince yourself not to. [He's heard that tone a few times before at this point, and it's usually the one that happens when Ren actually wants to do something but is trying to say he doesn't.] I think he'd do better on the Far Shore than here. And he gets on well with younger cats.

[Like, say, Ren's, even if it's not that much older than they'd be - despite the grizzly look, it's only a little over a year old. As ever, Shun's making it sound like he doesn't care that much, but he wouldn't be bringing it up at all if he really didn't care.]