"...I-I don't know..."
Esme: Oh...I-it's just...where I'm from...if someone's nice to you it's because they have an ulterior motive...
"....well I don't..."
Esme: Really...?
"Why would I?"
Esme: Well-I don't-I don't know...but people using me for their own ends seems to be a trend lately...
Her eyes harden, remembering something
"W-well I don't need you..."
Esme: Yeah...neither did they-and yet-he wanted to claim me as his own...like I was property...
She's honestly just thinking out loud now
-Ren stood up-
"Who?"
Esme: Eep!
She jumps a little, startled
