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[hetried]

Hey, so... I was thinking... These Persona things are kind of supposed to be us, right?

[He sure was sounding pretty unsure there. People that had seen him around could deduce that this was definitely nothing new.]

What if your Persona doesn't really fit...? Like, fit who you are? Do you think something weird happens?

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[echo_of_a_jedi]

Fire represents many things in many cultures. Passion or energy is an obvious one, but many cultures also attribute it to knowledge or intelligence, as fire is one of the first things sapient tool-users create. Likewise, people who live on volcanic planets or who use fire in agriculture often associate it with death and rebirth.

[hetried]

D-Death? [Yeah screw all of the intelligence and passion stuff, guess what he's gonna get hung up on?] Makes sense, with the whole Phoenix and ashes and stuff...

I uh... I mean we remade the world once? Does that count?

[echo_of_a_jedi]

That certainly sounds like it has a story behind it. You mean, literally?

[hetried]

Kinda? I'm pretty sure that's how it worked anyway. We beat up this "administrator" guy and put someone else in his place, so I guess that replaced him for like, all of time and space or something.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Even as a Jedi, that seems a little above my pay grade, philosophically. A fire destroys and creates anew, though, which is a little bit like what you just described.

[hetried]

Jedi? [Hm, not sure he'd ever heard of that.]

Heh, I didn't actually do any of the burning or the resurrecting though; I just kind of helped out the guys that did. I still don't really get how it worked, to be honest.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Sometimes, conscious understanding isn't necessary. It's clearly important that you were a part of it, though.

[hetried]

You think? [Man, that was a little weird to think about.]

I-I guess, but there are other people that could use the fire symbolism more than me in this case...!

[echo_of_a_jedi]

I'm sure there are plenty of fire spirit legends going around this planet for everyone.

[hetried]

Haha, true.

[Remind him to never go looking up mythology around here, now that he thinks about it.]

Maybe there's enough around here to form a club. Hit ten members and we can even get jackets.