[On one hand, being a form of psychic himself, Ren knows they exist. On the other, he can't quite banish the carnival barker tone from earlier out of his head enough to trust that it's not just a lie, and Molly already mentioning he's a good read on people has him leaning more towards "lie". But as it is, he gives a hum that's somewhere between curious and dubious.]

Would something like that even work the same way here...? I've heard people have lost their powers when they arrived...

["Heard" meaning he lost them himself and that's how he knows, but same thing, really.]