[There's a very subtle falter in Ren's manner as soon as the words "pasts don't matter" cross Molly's lips - the tiniest hesitation, as if it wasn't something Ren expected to hear said in as many words. But he recovers himself from it so quickly it could almost have just been mistaken as pausing to avoid a loose cobblestone or something.

He...still doesn't want to talk, really, about his own past. But there's something reassuring about even the hint that someone won't care what's behind him as long as it stays there.

There are certain things he probably should mention in this context, though, and Ren laces his fingers behind his back, head turned upwards as if he's deciding what to say.] You know, I agree with that kind of attitude...I've seen it happen both ways before, back home. Someone who was taken to a new life without their choice and forgot everything before it, and then forgot their new life too when they went back to their old one. But I also think it definitely has to be a choice - if someone feels obliged, if they think it's their duty to be forgotten and they force it on someone else for that reason, then it's also wrong, to me. Intentions don't matter if there wasn't a choice involved.

[There's a subtle tightness to Ren's tone in saying that which speaks to him having personal experience with that particular variation as well, but he doesn't elaborate on it.]

...I ran into Allura-san in the forest when it was just starting to get to her, I think. Being with her must not have helped very much.