It is awkward, but Ren goes anyway. The warmth of Akechi's body is comforting. He feels like a little kid, but he doesn't have it in him to try to be better.

"Yeah. It was important," he says again, like that'll clarify anything for Akechi when Ren can't even tell him what a Shadow is, much less whose Shadow is down there. "He's important. His—his pain. It matters."