[Molly can only nod in a kind of pained way. He's been walking a very thin line between encouraging Yoshiko and not enabling her, and it is extremely difficult. She has the makings of a circus kid, but none of the parts that make her tough.

But the longer Ren goes on, the further Yoshiko gets from his mind even though she's likely quite literally ten feet away right now. Molly's interested in the next high or excitement and the promise of something like that delights him.

But... that more restrained sign of Ren baffles him. He can't get his head around it.]

Tell me something... What's the point of that? You've said that before, and I don't know if I fully understand it. Who are you trying to impress?