It comes out in quiet confusion, like a little kid learning for the first time that the teachers do not, in fact, live at school. He hadn't thought there could be anyone like him, was fairly certain his circumstances were....the epitome of abnormal. But then again, he's at least one reality and two lifetimes (and who knows how many years) away from that, anything could happen.
It's not comforting, either, realizing that someone else may have been through what he has. He's a hypocrite who could never think of anyone else as a bad person if they were in his situation, but will condemn himself endlessly. There's a coil of fear in him at the very idea. Another part of him is intrigued, excited by the possibilities, by the thought of power. He's not listening to that part.
But there's something else to focus on. Details. Magic.
"For one thing, all non-magic skills appear to count the same; I'm used to there being five different ways to calculate that. The guns are new, they're apparently different, so maybe they're ranged while the rest is havoc. It's still Personas, they're still much the same, but I can't switch or share with anyone. And Shax doesn't have the senses Chronos did; I can't sense what's around me or read enemy data, it's like going blind with no warning. Shax doesn't even warn me when someone significant is nearby.
And, as far as I can tell, we can't use fusion spells. We created a tornado last time, but that was more like three incredibly amplified garu skills happening at the same place and time and then getting filled with bombs. It was more improvisation than anything, and not what I'd call fusion... It's strange to start with this many skills available, too, I'm accustomed to having to work at strengthening a Persona before it can do much."
There's more to it, the demons are gone and the Shadows are different, and apparently it's not his doing this time. No, everything, all the practical points, it's all different. The question is why, not how.
who said anything about burning the cookies
It comes out in quiet confusion, like a little kid learning for the first time that the teachers do not, in fact, live at school. He hadn't thought there could be anyone like him, was fairly certain his circumstances were....the epitome of abnormal. But then again, he's at least one reality and two lifetimes (and who knows how many years) away from that, anything could happen.
It's not comforting, either, realizing that someone else may have been through what he has. He's a hypocrite who could never think of anyone else as a bad person if they were in his situation, but will condemn himself endlessly. There's a coil of fear in him at the very idea. Another part of him is intrigued, excited by the possibilities, by the thought of power. He's not listening to that part.
But there's something else to focus on. Details. Magic.
"For one thing, all non-magic skills appear to count the same; I'm used to there being five different ways to calculate that. The guns are new, they're apparently different, so maybe they're ranged while the rest is havoc. It's still Personas, they're still much the same, but I can't switch or share with anyone. And Shax doesn't have the senses Chronos did; I can't sense what's around me or read enemy data, it's like going blind with no warning. Shax doesn't even warn me when someone significant is nearby.
And, as far as I can tell, we can't use fusion spells. We created a tornado last time, but that was more like three incredibly amplified garu skills happening at the same place and time and then getting filled with bombs. It was more improvisation than anything, and not what I'd call fusion... It's strange to start with this many skills available, too, I'm accustomed to having to work at strengthening a Persona before it can do much."
There's more to it, the demons are gone and the Shadows are different, and apparently it's not his doing this time. No, everything, all the practical points, it's all different. The question is why, not how.