Goro lets himself melt against Ren, reluctantly at first, then progressively less so. As if only the two of them existed in the world. His hands fist absently into the cloth of Ren's overshirt.

"But you get it, right?" he murmurs. "Suou said he fought Nyarlathotep, in his time. That it was bent on destroying the world, leaving nothing behind. An overarching threat, as I suppose Yaldabaoth will be for us. If Maruki's Persona is more powerful, more ambitious than that... we have our work cut out."

But, he reminds himself, Phoenix defeated Maruki. It can be done.