[...The stairs breaking wasn't expected. He drifts through the hole, mask changing to the red beak of his other Personas as he equips Kushinada-Hime. The sight of the hole in Shido's tail...normally an injury that grotesque would make him sick to his stomach, but he has so much else on his mind that he doesn't even cringe.]

...I was just casting a defensive shield on myself.

[This is...so much worse than he'd planned to cause. He sighs and floats over to where the rusted metal is sticking out of Shido's tail, then glances over at his face.]

Hold still, I'll break this off so you can get loose without maiming yourself more.