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I'm kind of fierce when I don't want to be, but I don't think I've ever been in that kind of situation.

But I think you probably get how it is-- if there's something you can do, why not do it with everything you've got?

Yeah... I'd agree with that.

[Probably unsurprisingly!!]

If nothing else, doing something with everything you've got means you can leave it behind without regrets when it's over, regardless of the outcome.

That's exactly right, Minato-kun! I don't think I'd regret a thing, as long as I knew I'd done everything I could, and maybe then some.

[He nods simply at that, expression content.]

I'm glad we feel the same way on that--not that I'm surprised, I think.

We do seem to have the same mindset on a lot of things, don't we? I'm not sure if it's because we're both Persona users or not, but... then again, the other users have also been pretty different.

... Hm, well...

[... And, more softly, after a contemplative pause:]

Maybe we've just gone through some similar things.

Saving humanity, you mean? Or something a little more specific than that?

[ Because clearly lots of people have saved the world. ]

[Um.]

Wow... Maya-san, that's pretty...

[...]

No matter how you put it, that sounds kind of grand... [SAVING HUMANITY...

I mean he did that too, but he's not ready to admit to that.]

Maybe, but I think...

[ Hm. ]

Well, I can't really speak for what you had to go through, but if Igor was involved, I'm sure it was bigger than what you might have expected at first. Just like with what happened with us-- we didn't ever think it would get that big. But sometimes, it just ends up affecting... a lot of people.

[...]

I... suppose.

[He seems....a little unsure about talking about it in general, though.]

It was a lot, but... even so...

...

[ A pause, and then Maya smiles. ]

It's not anything you have to talk about if you're not ready-- but that tells me a lot.

It's not that I--

[... Is he not ready to talk about it?

He's never thought about it, really.]

... Sorry, Maya-san. I'm not keeping things from you on purpose. It's just...a lot to process still, I guess.

Minato-kun...

[ Maya reaches out again, if just to squeeze his shoulder. ]

It's okay. I know it's a lot. While normally I'd love to dig into a scoop, this is sort of a different matter entirely.

I think it makes it sound a lot more grim that way--I'm sorry about that. It's not that. Everything turned out okay for us in the end.

[Well like. Mostly. Everyone but him. But that's how he wanted it.]

I guess I'm still processing everything that happened after all. It was a pretty crazy year.

... An entire year...

I'm wondering if I'm lucky that ours wasn't as long.

Well... it's not like it was constant Shadow fighting all the time for the whole year.

[Just mostly.]

We went to school too.

Shadow fighting in between studying for exams? Isn't that rougher?

... Maybe sometimes it was a little tough... My senpai wouldn't have gone easy on us if we'd failed our exams.

[Says Minato, mister top of the class.

Jerk.]

Then you have a good senpai! I can understand the importance of fighting Shadows and demons, but keeping on top of your schoolwork's important in its own way.

[.......]

I guess so. I did my best, anyway.

Besides, I like school.

[More or less!!]

You're a good kid. What's your favorite subject?

Well...social studies, I guess. Especially history.

[He likes learning about people...]

... Somehow, that doesn't surprise me. You seem like the type.

[... WELL...]

What was your favorite subject in school? Now I'm curious.

Mine? I was really into Literature... but I also liked History a lot.

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