[The corner of Ren's mouth twitches slightly at that - that's pretty familiar, all things considered - but that's all the reaction he gives to the comment for the moment. Pushing too hard when people don't want to talk doesn't tend to do much but make them less likely to talk later.]

So what kind of thing were you planning to do when you went out into the world? You must've been pretty close to finishing school when you came here, right?

[He remembers she'd mentioned something in that post they first talked on that implied she'd just turned eighteen, and he's also pretty sure she's been here for a while, so he figures she never got that chance to try and make changes herself.]