[It is a stupid question, but that's not why Minato pauses and looks down at his feet. Rather, those words remind him of something that was said long ago by a dear friend of his, two in fact.
"Besides, some of us were never given a choice"..."In exchange for power, you can no longer look away from the things you don't want to see"... These words are just as true now as they were back then, and doubly so given what he is now. Fighting for humanity is the choice he's made, and he can no more look away than deny the Persona that reflects his true self: Messiah, the figure who dies to save the world- who dies not wanting to die, but who leaves the world content, knowing that all is well.
These thoughts run through his head in seconds, and he can only shake his head in return.] It'd be nice if we didn't have to, but that's not how life works. [To struggle is to live, to live is to strive, to strive is to be fulfilled, and remembered. That is a lesson he'll never forget.]
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"Besides, some of us were never given a choice"..."In exchange for power, you can no longer look away from the things you don't want to see"... These words are just as true now as they were back then, and doubly so given what he is now. Fighting for humanity is the choice he's made, and he can no more look away than deny the Persona that reflects his true self: Messiah, the figure who dies to save the world- who dies not wanting to die, but who leaves the world content, knowing that all is well.
These thoughts run through his head in seconds, and he can only shake his head in return.] It'd be nice if we didn't have to, but that's not how life works. [To struggle is to live, to live is to strive, to strive is to be fulfilled, and remembered. That is a lesson he'll never forget.]