He bites his lip. Has he just given up? I could defeat Maruki with these Personas, probably. Maybe. If I trained, he thinks, almost as a test. He's not sure why he's never thought anything at all about confronting Maruki before, with how miserable he's been, and how angry he sometimes gets...
...oh. Actually, no, it's obvious, isn't it.
Too much pain, and he loses time. He thought Maruki didn't like it when he got too mad, either, but he only sometimes loses time due to anger, and if he never remembers having a single rebellious thought—
He laughs humorlessly under his breath. "I didn't give up," he tells Ann grimly, because she's there and because she's helped him figure it out, kind of. "He just. Turns me off. When I think about trying to confront him. Same way he does when I get sad. Until now, I just kind of figured I'd never thought about it for some reason."
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...oh. Actually, no, it's obvious, isn't it.
Too much pain, and he loses time. He thought Maruki didn't like it when he got too mad, either, but he only sometimes loses time due to anger, and if he never remembers having a single rebellious thought—
He laughs humorlessly under his breath. "I didn't give up," he tells Ann grimly, because she's there and because she's helped him figure it out, kind of. "He just. Turns me off. When I think about trying to confront him. Same way he does when I get sad. Until now, I just kind of figured I'd never thought about it for some reason."