[ There's something awfully vulnerable about Yu's expression as he listens to that, even moreso than a moment ago.

Of course Yosuke believes in him... then again, all his friends did, didn't they? At the end. That was what had given him the power to push back against Izanami and save everyone, after all.

But how could he not think about it? The things Adachi had said, the kind of person Namatame had been... after all, hadn't Namatame wanted to save everyone, too? Even if he'd become deluded in his pursuit, his original goals were noble, and Adachi had just taken advantage of him to play a sick game...

Adachi is ... still, even now, one of his bonds. Something he won't let go of. If that man can play by the rules of this world...

You're still you.

Yu finally smiles, faintly hangdog though it is. ]

I'm sorry. I shouldn't need this kind of reassurance... it's alright. What's important ... is how much of my strength comes from my bonds. ... from you.

[ Admitting that makes him feel a little hot all over, though he does a good job of not showing it. Of the Personas he has here, he may not have Mada... but he doesn't need the ultimate Persona of the Magician arcana as a reminder of his bond with Yosuke. Not with Yosuke right here. Warm and real and in front of him...

I just don't wanna admit it because then it'd be like I'd accept that I could be that way. ]