"Well, allow me to be frank." Oh, that growl intensifies. He hates that it's coming to this, but there's really no point in mincing words here. "I have the means with which to summon a Persona in reality. If you so much as think of attacking him, I will make it my problem."

He lets that point sit before he continues. "I do not want to be an enemy, but I am not going to stand by if people start targeting someone who clearly already feels an immense guilt for a situation that Maruki thrust upon him. His choice was not the correct one to make, but attacking him here will not change anything. If you must break something, Mementos and Palaces are options. This place as well."