"You're far from the only one." He sets the kettle down. "The first person I met here was kind enough to give me a potted history of Persona anomalies from the Heisei era onwards. As well as personal details regarding several of our—what's the term, cohabitants?

"All a bit sink or swim, though I hope I'm a good swimmer. I wouldn't have made it through my first Palace otherwise. I suppose it's just...." The uncertainty of it, perhaps? Of all these visions of what might be? Maps of his terrain that may be good guides, or may lead him and his straight to their destruction.

"... a lot less significant than what it sounds as if you're dealing with."