[Ren offers a smile at that which looks like it might be making half an attempt to be apologetic, but isn't succeeding at all, because he's definitely not sorry for that particular trait of his.]

Mmm, I am a bit...I was always like that, but then I ended up in a position where I got lots of people looking at me all the time anyway, so that just made me more likely to keep it up. [He shrugs, like that's just how it goes.

He picks up his nail file again, though pauses at Keaton's remark on money.] Someone was guessing it was to do with physical contact the other day, right...? I did a bit of that during the festival stuff, but if you're concerned you can always come to the shops with me and we can hug or something. Maybe we'd both get enough chroma to buy something interesting~

[Ren has an approximate shame level of zero at the best of times, and the Cordis moon is definitely not helping with that.]