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Hanamura? Shirogane.

Damn. They really aren't answering...

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Before he vanished Hanamura said he knew of a couple more Persona users in this city; people from his town. Any leads we might have?

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[There's a distinct whuffle somewhere in the background.]

What's got you so uptight?

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[ Utterly exhausted. ]

They may have returned home, if you are not able to contact them.

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Is something going on?

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[ dry ]

Always.

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What now?

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I haven't the faintest. The Magisters are sensitive to shifts in the energy here, but so far no one has reported anything concrete.

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[There's a tiny pause, as Akihiko looks aside to his familiar, apparently shaking its fur.]

...When it's about to hit, how much warning can they give us?

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I'm sure that depends entirely on what 'it' turns out to be. Not all storms come with thunder, this may creep upon us softly.

Rest assured, you will know as soon as we do.

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We'll be ready.

Without Hanamura and Shirogane it might be tougher than last time, but that's just part of the challenge.

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...

[ After a moment. ]

Please don't take this the wrong way, but... I hope you'll keep in mind that not everything can be solved by combat. Especially here.

Too many of these-- challenges are not and should never be meant for people like you.

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We stopped something they said couldn't be defeated. No offense, but it won't help you to underestimate us.

I hear what you're trying to say, it's just--

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That isn't quite what I meant.

Whatever it is may be coming after us, and only after us. It would not be the first time.

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What does that change? If something happens to you, it affects all of us.

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Sanada Akihiko.

[ And this is The Prince talking, not Fallon. ]

It would be unforgivably foolish if you were to attract the attention of something that would have let you alone, and have it then come after you and the people you care for. My duties to this city are clear as Nuadoria's last ruler.

Yours are to stay alive and return home.

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I'm not going to stand by and do nothing!

[ More people getting hurt, more loss he could have prevented, isn't he surrounded by enough of that already? ]

Let me put it this way. If you end up needing help, don't think about where you're getting it from, native or visitor. We were chosen and placed here for some reason. Until we figure out what, all of us might as well be at the mercy of this place forever. I'm not letting that happen.

--We do enough to trap ourselves into a corner without something else doing it for us. As long as I can, and I'm needed, I'm going to fight.

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[deifies]

[ He's about to say something, probably argue a little more, but a wracking coughing fit takes him before he can. The communicator clicks off. ]

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[deifies]

[ And clicks back on maybe a minute later, to a calm but hoarse tone. ]

I can hardly stop you, Akihiko. All I ask is that you not be reckless with your choices.