'Persona' reminds Ayame of someone, but she can't quite place a finger on it.
"Who are you?" she shouts, although she's sure the man can clearly hear even whispers. When he looks at her, Ayame realizes with a jolt that he looks like Kintoki.
Persona looks like proud, confident, evil Kintoki.
"It is none of your concern." Persona's voice is cold and amused. "I am merely here to bring the Black Cat back to the academy."
"I'm still teaching him-"
"Maybe next lesson, you could stick to the assigned times," the man cuts her off. If there's something Ayame hates more than anything in the world, it's being belittled; and Persona's grin is more condescending than any other grin she's ever seen.
Before Ayame can explode with anger, Natsume hops off the tree and extinguishes the fires without a word.
"Oi, what are you doing?" she yells. The boy doesn't reply, only walks towards Persona.
Persona drops a memento before they leave. When Ayame looks closer, she sees a rose, charred and blackened. She's not sure if it's black because of the fire, but she thinks even seeing Gin-san's face won't be able to make the goosebumps go away.