Something like that. [There's a timid smile. It's confusing, she knows.] All of our Shadows were born for different reasons and all of our Personas are different. When our Shadows were born born and when we were held in the Midnight Channel, a dungeon was created for each of us. [A beat. It's…an awkward conversation. She's alluded to it, she's discussed it with some people in lesser detail, and of course her friends except for Naoto were there first-hand. But it's Leon.
She just has to hope this won't make things weird.]
Marukyu Striptease. That was mine. [Which explains why her Shadow was poledancing in a gold bikini threatening to bare it all.] …I didn't choose to be an idol at first, you know? One of my relatives entered my name in a contest and I won. I guess they were hoping it'd help my confidence. [There's that same weak smile.] I wanted to be a better person. I wanted to be someone people liked and have friends, but people stopped wanting to know Rise Kujikawa. After I started my career, people only saw Risette, the girl on stage and in the magazines and commercials. After a while, I didn't even know who the real me was, so I took a break from my career hoping to figure it out. But the truth is? Everything about me is the real me. Even Risette. Senpai and the others helped me realize that.
[And she looks up at Kanzeon one more time.] Kanzeon started out as Himiko, but she changed. I changed, too. She helps me keep my friends safe in the TV world by navigating and being able to sense presences and other Shadows. She helps me find their weaknesses to plan the best battle strategies, too, and sometimes she's bailed us out of really bad situations. I never knew I could be capable of something like this, but it's hard to imagine being without her now.
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She just has to hope this won't make things weird.]
Marukyu Striptease. That was mine. [Which explains why her Shadow was poledancing in a gold bikini threatening to bare it all.] …I didn't choose to be an idol at first, you know? One of my relatives entered my name in a contest and I won. I guess they were hoping it'd help my confidence. [There's that same weak smile.] I wanted to be a better person. I wanted to be someone people liked and have friends, but people stopped wanting to know Rise Kujikawa. After I started my career, people only saw Risette, the girl on stage and in the magazines and commercials. After a while, I didn't even know who the real me was, so I took a break from my career hoping to figure it out. But the truth is? Everything about me is the real me. Even Risette. Senpai and the others helped me realize that.
[And she looks up at Kanzeon one more time.] Kanzeon started out as Himiko, but she changed. I changed, too. She helps me keep my friends safe in the TV world by navigating and being able to sense presences and other Shadows. She helps me find their weaknesses to plan the best battle strategies, too, and sometimes she's bailed us out of really bad situations. I never knew I could be capable of something like this, but it's hard to imagine being without her now.