"This world is called Revan, evidently." When Ren moves to help lift the tire, he doesn't protest. He could say that he has it handled, but Akechi knows Ren and his eagerness to help.

Bleeding heart that he is, Akechi can't find it in himself to protest as harshly right now. It's been a long stretch of time since February...

"We were all summoned here, forced to endure an arduous trek toward 'Nirvana,' and, based on some of my earlier investigations, it would seem we're replacements dragged to this accursed place to fulfill a previously failed ritual."

Once they reach the van, he moves to set the tire down. "I gathered some notes earlier. They're... fragmented, unfortunately, but they may shed some light on the circumstances, once we finish our current objective."