[Clearly it isn't a secret, but Ren still seems pretty happy to get an answer, resting his chin on his hands as he listens. It's a lot more interesting of a reply than he could have hoped for, and he slowly looks more and more delighted as he goes on. Dark mages are something Ren has a remarkable amount of experience with considering they don't exist on his planet.]

So you're some kind of dark mage? That's so cool...what kinds of magic do you like to do? Other than curses...or I guess if you mostly like curses I could just ask what kinds of curses you like...or maybe what it is you could do with those more powerful ingredients...?

[Important questions and important decisions, and Ren taps his chin as if he's having trouble narrowing down specifically what he should be asking about.]