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[harmonizenpc]

Who: Persona-users, Suwa
Where: "Critical thinking" class. Third floor, otherwise unused classroom.
When: Wednesday, April 19th
What: Persona 101.

"Good afternoon, everyone!"

Rather than Yachiyo, it was Suwa who stood at the head of the classroom on that first Tuesday, out of her lab coat and in a sensible skirt suit. "Today's going to be an introductory lesson on the shinmen--though you may be more comfortable with the word Persona--and the other world, so it was decided that I should deliver it."

She clapped her hands together and half-bowed, wincing a bit. "I'm sorry about how our first meeting went, but some of it was necessary, and some of it... well, Yachiyo-sensei is... difficult sometimes."

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[harmonizenpc]

"That's correct. Very observant, Imaizumi-san."

The projector shut off for the time being, leaving Suwa the only focal point of the class. "Acceptance of the Shadow is the other way we're aware of to gain a Persona. But it's actually more hazardous and less reliable than the Evokers--there aren't many people who can look at something that looks like them, saying everything they hide even from themselves, and accept it, especially not in the mental state needed to bring it forth in the first place.

"And if it runs wild, and no one is there with a Persona..." Her eyes and lips pressed shut, and she shook her head. "They're typically stronger than common shadows, but their intelligence is what makes them far more dangerous--and their determination to kill their counterpart and anyone else in their way."

[allisnothing]

"So we won't need to worry about facing our inner Jekylls?" Haruka asked. She sounded less blunt than she had in the previous statement, turning her head in Suwa's direction.

"We already have our Personas so our own Shadows wouldn't manifest?"

[harmonizenpc]

"Unfortunately, that's not the case," Suwa sighed. "We haven't observed it ourselves, but research indicates that under severe emotional stress, the Persona could revert to a Shadow."

The mere thought, it seemed, brought on a worried frown. "Of course, it can then be tamed again, but all the same difficulties would be there... It would almost certainly take extreme conditions to trigger it, but all the same, you'll need to be careful."