[ As a single mother raising
daww_punk saeptuose, Souji has a busy list of things to do any given day. Clean, cook. Plan dangerous expeditions with fellow battle-hungry knights he only really knows through Lior and one meeting, but that's okay, because from his perspective this is Persona 5 and Lior is the female MC. It would certainly explain all the social links.
He has just about everything he needs, ran the errands for the townfolk he's... conspiring against, he guesses, when something catches his eye. ]
[ An old friend! ]
... Well, when I thought I'd be seeing people from home, I didn't expect you.
[ Yap yap! ]
That wasn't a complaint.