[ The more Mitsuru explained, the more he realized how different their situations were. Was it only because of the experiments that the situation was so different, or were there certain conditions of places that made shadows and the metaverse different? ]
Your shadows sound so very different from the ones we’ve encountered? There are shadows that are simply born of human emotions, gathering in places either in service to a more powerful shadow-self of someone or simply wandering mementos… Even shadows that are cognitive versions of a person that the shadow-version of someone knows. [ Unless you were just seen as an object… But he moved on rather quickly. ] But there are, indeed, shadow versions of people as well.
I see… So it’s a subject I should be careful of? [ Yusuke had at least gotten an idea of Shinjiro’s personality, though now that he knew the man had a persona as well, it was hard to not wonder about why he wouldn’t want to speak of it. ] I have met him rather recently, and I discovered he is a bit gruff, as you say. A man of few words… [ Short, but to the point. Shorter still, if he didn’t want to talk about something. Which was a bit difficult to read, but… The man had also discerned that Yusuke needed to eat and gave up his sandwich rather easily at that. ] He also seems rather kind, under that demeanor.
[ Now that particular bit of information gets the teen’s attention. ] He does? Why, our leader has that ability as well. It’s truly a wonder, and we’re unsure of why his skills are so different from our own. [ But perhaps Mitsuru was right… Perhaps their leaders both knew more than they did about all of this. But, like Mitsuru, he trusted Joker more than most people. The other had not led them poorly before. ]
Then you know why we take the risk of using such an app, I’m sure. I myself have done so in the past… and I to do so again would be reprehensible. [ As suspicious as it might be, they had come too far to turn away from it. Even if there may be trouble waiting for them down the line… But he nodded with a troubled frown. ] There are… It’s starting to become more clear that someone is using it all for their own gain, but we have not yet pinpointed who may be behind it.
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Your shadows sound so very different from the ones we’ve encountered? There are shadows that are simply born of human emotions, gathering in places either in service to a more powerful shadow-self of someone or simply wandering mementos… Even shadows that are cognitive versions of a person that the shadow-version of someone knows. [ Unless you were just seen as an object… But he moved on rather quickly. ] But there are, indeed, shadow versions of people as well.
I see… So it’s a subject I should be careful of? [ Yusuke had at least gotten an idea of Shinjiro’s personality, though now that he knew the man had a persona as well, it was hard to not wonder about why he wouldn’t want to speak of it. ] I have met him rather recently, and I discovered he is a bit gruff, as you say. A man of few words… [ Short, but to the point. Shorter still, if he didn’t want to talk about something. Which was a bit difficult to read, but… The man had also discerned that Yusuke needed to eat and gave up his sandwich rather easily at that. ] He also seems rather kind, under that demeanor.
[ Now that particular bit of information gets the teen’s attention. ] He does? Why, our leader has that ability as well. It’s truly a wonder, and we’re unsure of why his skills are so different from our own. [ But perhaps Mitsuru was right… Perhaps their leaders both knew more than they did about all of this. But, like Mitsuru, he trusted Joker more than most people. The other had not led them poorly before. ]
Then you know why we take the risk of using such an app, I’m sure. I myself have done so in the past… and I to do so again would be reprehensible. [ As suspicious as it might be, they had come too far to turn away from it. Even if there may be trouble waiting for them down the line… But he nodded with a troubled frown. ] There are… It’s starting to become more clear that someone is using it all for their own gain, but we have not yet pinpointed who may be behind it.