I did something I thought was right and I'll take responsibility for it, I'm not interested in more talk. [ he had tried that—desperately. there's a little shake of his head. ] If you want to help next time, I'd value your input.

[ he knows there's some harshness to his language, but he doesn't sound accusatory. while Lance has certainly earned the label of adult, Ren knows better than anyone that there are certain things that shape you. maybe his own desperation to do something and keep himself and others from being used had shaped him. there have been a lot of things he did that were against people's more cautionary inclinations. ]