[She blinks at him, then lets out a little oooh of comprehension.]
Sorry, I thought I told you. Where I'm from, there was something called the Dark Hour. It's really complicated to explain, [code for: it's too much work and she doesn't want to,] but basically there was a whole hour where like... unless you had the potential to awaken a Persona, time kind of stopped for most people right at midnight. We called it the Dark Hour. These monsters called Shadows would wander around. Usually they were in Tartarus, but every full moon, a really strong one would escape and try to wreak havoc in the city.
[She keeps swinging her feet and eating her sandwich, even as her smile falls into something more neutral and less cheerful. They'd thought they had to fight them, but... well, things would have been better if they hadn't. Best not to dwell on regrets, though! Just live in the moment.]
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[She blinks at him, then lets out a little oooh of comprehension.]
Sorry, I thought I told you. Where I'm from, there was something called the Dark Hour. It's really complicated to explain, [code for: it's too much work and she doesn't want to,] but basically there was a whole hour where like... unless you had the potential to awaken a Persona, time kind of stopped for most people right at midnight. We called it the Dark Hour. These monsters called Shadows would wander around. Usually they were in Tartarus, but every full moon, a really strong one would escape and try to wreak havoc in the city.
[She keeps swinging her feet and eating her sandwich, even as her smile falls into something more neutral and less cheerful. They'd thought they had to fight them, but... well, things would have been better if they hadn't. Best not to dwell on regrets, though! Just live in the moment.]