(Would have been better if she did, honestly. Unless you've experienced the Metaverse, this probably feels and sounds like insanity in its truest form... But there's nothing in Ren's expression but honesty while he attempts to walk her through it.

The confusion is normal, he isn't taken aback by that.)

If you have such power, you have the attire. They're called Persona.

(And it takes a beat for him to realize he would make it much worse if he didn't elaborate. Where is Mona? He always knows how to explain these things.)

Personas are parts of ourselves manifested into mythological archetypes. Each of us have a different one.