Yep, alright, that long pause as Ren is trying to remember seeing literally any sort of family is, wow, that's not great, and Lup really wouldn't have hated being wrong about her suspicion. They came across a couple of unpopulated planes, those were always pretty depressing places, and some with just a couple of survivors. But even those still had some kinda society going, people going about their day, kids playing in the streets and all? And somebody must have taught Ren a language, and reading and games. But whatever, that's enough backstory for now, neither her nor Taako, she's real damn sure, need any more reason to take this kid under their wing. There isn't anything they can do about all of that anyway, they can't Temporal Chalice their way into a less shitty childhood for this urchin. She briefly makes a horrified face into her knapsack before strapping it shut and shouldering it, grabbing her umbrella.

As she walks past Taako to take the lead out of the ruins, she glances at him with kind of a baffled but relieved smile, like she's aware this is getting super out of hand somehow but glad that he seems to be just as willing to roll with it. His offer of dinner seals it, this is their urchin now. "Oh yeah, cooking's another great family thing," she agrees enthusiastically, looking over her shoulder to make sure Ren is keeping up. "We're the best at that, like objectively? So you stick with us and you'll pick up all kinds of tricks. There's probably more family things we're just not thinking of right now, too."