User:Greykid

“…I will carve my own path for myself. I refuse to accept a reality concocted by someone else, stuck under their control for the rest of my days.”

“Are you sure?”

“Why wouldn’t I be? Don’t ask such stupid questions after all this time. All you have to do is stick to your guns and challenge Maruki. Or, are you really so spineless that you’d fold over some bullshit, trivial threat on my life?”

“This isn’t small potatoes.”

“It IS! Do you think I’d be happy with this? Being shown mercy now, of all times? I don’t want to be pitied—this isn’t something I’m debating with you! Your indecisiveness on the matter is essentially a betrayal of my wishes. …I want to hear you say it aloud. What do you intend to do?”

(If we fight against Maruki and win, we’ll return to the original reality… But… Akechi…)

“I won’t wait a moment longer. Answer me.”

“We’re stopping Maruki.”

“All right. I’m relieved to hear it. I will never accept this form of reality. I’m done being manipulated. Let’s go back… to our true reality. What’s a life worth in a reality that was cooked up just to satisfy someone else? I say none. We have to win this—no matter what.”

(There’s no going back now…)

— Persona 5 Royal (2 February)