Talk:Lie Ren/@comment-86.156.15.192-20161102183726

Is no one going to talk about Ren's reaction to the demolished village?

The instant he sees the ruins he's making a beeline for the dying huntsman, hurrying steadfastly as opposed to the others futilely calling out for survivors. After he meets the huntsman he steps away and holds his hands on his head - clearly distressed and so much so that he doesn't join the others to talk - and when the man passes away he reasons they need to leave instead of burying him.

Even the fact that he doesn't so much as spare a look to the body behind him as he walks away suggests that he (and maybe Nora too) lost his parents in a similar village attack, and that last thing Ren wants to do is be near such a symbol of death and sorrow.

It would explain why in the Vol 2 finale Jaune apologises to him, saying they'll 'make it out to that village another time': Ren really wants to help other outlying villages to ensure they don't meet the same fate as his own