He shrugs, eyes flickering towards the battle, only to see a streak of fire cut a path across the arena. "Neither does summoning it once you've done it once or twice." He hesitates, mouth thinning. "Look, imagine it's kept behind a strong door, heavy enough so you have to really pull at it to drag it open; otherwise, the door ain't gonna budge an inch. Not if you go at it half-heartedly. The Persona won't come to you then." Unless something spurs the Persona into acting on its own. But that's what the Evokers do. Jumpstarts the process.

He tilts his head. "You can feel it, can't you?" He's an outsider too, isn't he? Why else would he be asking such a thing if he was from here, used to living in a society where Personas were the norm rather than the exception to the rule?