[Persona... is that what Hereward is? Akechi's true self. Without a transformation, then perhaps he has been spared the need to devour. But he can't find it in him to be envious; power like that... probably means there was something to fight.
Besides. Certainly the Temple may have been waxing poetic -- but what does poetic even mean? -- about calling Atma the true self and it may not even really be true, given the nature of what the Junkyard actually was. And yet, after seeing the changes wrought amongst them all, it seems an apt descriptor nevertheless. So... what does it mean for him, having Varna humming within his cells again instead of Ardha?
Technicalities aside, Akechi's assessment seems to be a good enough way of conceptualising their natures. Which leads him to ask-]
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Besides. Certainly the Temple may have been waxing poetic -- but what does poetic even mean? -- about calling Atma the true self and it may not even really be true, given the nature of what the Junkyard actually was. And yet, after seeing the changes wrought amongst them all, it seems an apt descriptor nevertheless. So... what does it mean for him, having Varna humming within his cells again instead of Ardha?
Technicalities aside, Akechi's assessment seems to be a good enough way of conceptualising their natures. Which leads him to ask-]
Does your Persona seem different here?
[Not necessarily weaker per se, but...]