"I didn't ever die." Katsuya points out quietly. "Not entirely. But there were a few close calls." He'll hug verity back.

"Times where I was too slow dodging...times when I couldn't use my persona anymore. And I thought 'this is the end'. But I'd get stopped. I'd wake up in the chamber I met Philemon in, and he'd ask me if I was giving up. I think it may have just been a hallucination. My brain trying to work out that I was dying. but I was saved, every time. And it was only a few times."

It never got any easier, and he'd thankfully never had to test it after Nyarlathotep had been driven back.

"I'm alright. I promise." The nightmares are few and far between now. He's moved on.