Get more flowers to appease Jose to make your Mementos exploration less of a nuisance?

[That ought to answer that question, at least. It would appear he is at least familiar enough to have run into a certain puppet boy, and there's a comfortable smile on his face that feels more earnest than a certain other teenage Akechi.]

My team's quite fortunate that I'm a veteran Persona user. It makes tending to the Reaper less of a nuisance, even if I'd sooner avoid it.