[magilou's gesture helps a bit; he knows she's doing her best in her own way for his sake—she's trying, and it counts for a lot.]

I don't know why. Low luck stat, I guess.

[it's a weak joke, and he knows it. either way, akira shakes his head.]

It's not something that can be stopped in the Metaverse. It wasn't the Metaverse at all—it might have been easier if it was.

[not that he really wants to discourage morgana here, but what he dealt with existed on such a different scale.] At least in the Metaverse, we can use our Personas.

[something he wasn't able to do on murder island, yaaay.]