He started eating, but also continued his story in-between bites.

"In the end, the fragment came empty-handed. It couldn't find anyone meeting its criteria. But it saw promise with me. I had the potential to have a stable Persona, and with the just the right push, it thought it could lead me in 'the right direction'. So it hid in the shadows and waited for its moment to strike. One day, after a particularly bad beating..."

His tone was that of a casual conversation, almost as if what he was saying was normal or unimportant.