Taro turns his head to listen, forgetting his struggle for a moment.

"Hizumi.. you'll live. I won't let anything terrible happen to you."

"You say that, and you can't even save yourself. You want to take them in, but you know you're a failure. Everything you do falls apart."

Taro looks back at his Shadow, shrinking a bit in size until he's back in his natural form. His Shadow turns into his usual disguise, picking him up by the collar.

"You're just as bad as the rest of them. Admit it! You're no hero. You never will be. Even your Persona is one of them."

He shakes his head, summoning his Persona once more to attack the two remaining Shadows.