This was a better ending for the game. It hurts so much. I do not care that my character died. For it is what these concepts represent that brings meaning and value to it. This entire expansion feels like an ugly truth plunged into my chest like a dagger. It makes me uncomfortable. It makes me feel sick to my stomach. But it is a reality I must face. As must everyone. It rips off the "pretty little bow" that is Persona 3's ending. Death is not the end. Life and people move on without you, and they have to deal with the soul-crushing, back-breaking, mind-shattering, heart-tearing pain that comes with that. I admire that Episode Aegis tears that bow off and exposes the grim reality of it. However, it ends in such a truly beautiful way. It feels hard to put together in my mind, let alone lips. The shot of Aegis and Yukari at the end makes me feel things I do not possess the words to articulate. Life is full of pain, but it is also full of beauty. No matter the pain, the suffering, the loss. I refuse to contribute to the malice of Erebus and call out to Nyx.

Through the suffering and the beauty, life is worth living.