But the black ropes the Shadow shot from his heart last only long enough to make his point; with a loud, snapping sound as they cut through the air, they retreat back into him. He comes closer, spitting rage, scratched and barely caring.

"You see? You're as blind and as stupid as you ever were! I spoonfeed your answers to you, and you ignore them! Or you kill them, which is the same, isn't it?" His lips have drawn back, and his teeth, rather than looking human, have a metallic gleam. Three metres separate them now, no more.

"What do you think Maruki did to me, when he had me in Mementos? How do you think he controls that puppet you made, that has my face?"