"Suguru Kamoshida." Yes, talk about someone who'd deserved everything Ren and the rest could heap upon him. He rises to his feet, folding his arms. "Who abused the students in his care in more or less unpleasant ways, and drove a girl to attempt suicide. And whose misdeeds were covered up by the school administration, as well as the parents of the students involved. I'm familiar with the case—at least, that's how I remember it."

So Maruki wouldn't be at Shujin yet. It proves nothing—and yet she has a Persona, and is more than capable with it. That knife beneath his skin, again. My father threw me to the wolves.

"May I ask you a question, if it isn't too personal?" He sits on the edge of the planter. "What did your father do to you?"