"It..." It's possible she's never heard a Shadow stutter before.
"You were half-right. Part of me was Loki. Part of me was Robin Hood. But not a big part. Most of me arrived when... when it happened.
"I remember being anchored to Goro, part and parcel. You couldn't remove me and still have him, because I was him." For some reason, this again elicits one of those high-pitched, broken laughs. "The shelter in the storm.
"But Maruki managed it, of course. What was tearing a Persona from its root, next to reshaping reality itself? I found myself in Mementos, alone, but so much more than I had been. Because everything that had been Goro Akechi came to me. Or as good as."
While he hasn't answered her question, he's said a lot. Enough, perhaps, for her to figure it out.
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"You were half-right. Part of me was Loki. Part of me was Robin Hood. But not a big part. Most of me arrived when... when it happened.
"I remember being anchored to Goro, part and parcel. You couldn't remove me and still have him, because I was him." For some reason, this again elicits one of those high-pitched, broken laughs. "The shelter in the storm.
"But Maruki managed it, of course. What was tearing a Persona from its root, next to reshaping reality itself? I found myself in Mementos, alone, but so much more than I had been. Because everything that had been Goro Akechi came to me. Or as good as."
While he hasn't answered her question, he's said a lot. Enough, perhaps, for her to figure it out.