[HA. GOT A WINCE. that's victory enough in Akira's book. he stops scrambling so much, not necessarily going slack in Kazuya's grip (because he isn't, his body is still tense and ready to spring into action, should the opportunity present itself) but. . . you know. taking a break]

[also head demons is a valid phrase, even if Akira is rolling his eyes at it]

I kind of gathered that, when you said your demons looked like my Personas.

[actually. . .]

I meant to ask you about that, but then we started talking about Gnosticism. [. . . a mutter] Tetrakarn is cheating, by the way.