Accepting a part of yourself that you didn't want to acknowledge, huh? It... makes a lot of sense. And when you accepted that part, accepted the truth of what they were telling... then you gained a whole new power. It's all hitting uncomfortably close to home in some ways. But she'd known that would be a possibility, walking into this conversation.

It's almost a subconscious thing, her shifting closer to Ren and making sure Makoto was in easy reach as well. Just. Just in case. Just in case she's the one who needs a Moral Support.

"Palaces..." she starts, "work differently. Nobody has to be physically present to for them. Strong desires cause the Metaverse to distort, which in turn starts affecting the person in reality." Thankfully she's had practice with this part at least.

"If it gets bad enough, a Palace forms, and the person's Shadow manifests as the ruler. Usually, the kind of people who have Palaces... aren't good ones." Criminals, those abusing positions of authority or family relations, things like that.

Then again, not always.

She doesn't answer about Morgana - again, she doesn't know, but she does shift a hand closer to him as well. She's got your back, bud.