[Ren takes a full second or two to flat blink at Iskandar for that.] Wouldn't it be kind of petty to stop talking to you over something like that...?

[It takes a lot to get Ren to actively cut contact with someone, considering how much he hates abandonment. Nonetheless, he lets out a slight puff of breath, like it's something he was hoping to avoid the subject of.]

I'm not going to say it didn't make me re-evaluate my thoughts on you a little, but that doesn't mean I need to keep away from you. [Emotional distance is another matter entirely, and largely what Ren concerns himself with. After that reaction to what he'd consider one of the less dishonourable of his traits, he's not inclined to open up about any more of them anytime soon. There's a mild shrug after that.] Like you said, I invited you because we're friends.