That's his hope. Though if the arcanas are going in number order, he's preparing himself for who he'll lose next, picking her voice out among the eleven and listening for any last minute advice before she goes silent. It's like having to say goodbye to a close friend with no warning as to when she'll actually be going, or if she'll ever come back.

Like before, there aren't any shadows on their route toward the next platform, and though the path takes a somewhat circuitous route through the empty air, it doesn't take them long to get there. When they do, it isn't quite like it was before; rather than fog roiling up around them, a fine, crystalline mist forms in the center of the platform, above the giant Roman numeral II.

Souji's in the middle of raising his sword when Scathach's voice rises with urgency and then goes abruptly silent. Down two now, he switches over to another Persona that, if she disappears later on, will at least be with him for awhile.