Souji takes a couple of breaths, letting his thoughts trickle into order in the back of his mouth. Their closeness helps to funnel them in the right direction so the words come easily.

"I have a hundred and eighty six Personas. Each of them is a different mask I wear in my life, to get through the day. So sometimes, it's hard to know if there's a real me under it all. If I'm not just all these little shards of glass."

He looks up at Rise and smiles.

"But all of them are me. Altogether, they make me."