[ Huh, he picked up on quicker than most. Ryoji has no qualms about sharing his true identity; it's convenience, more than anything, that he sticks to the form that he does.

Convenience, and, well...nostalgia, perhaps, for a time when he really did believe himself human. ]

A Shadow. A being created from cast-off human emotions. This form makes it just a little easier to blend in. [ It's the same principle behind the implant's cloaking abilities, anyway. ] You're familiar with something similar?

[ Shadows are unquestionably a kind of cursed spirit themselves. ]