The tense line of his shoulders visibly relaxes a little when Ed seems to accept the far-fetched sounding explanation. "Yeah! Mine's called Polydeuces- he can summon lightning, but he's also why I'm able to help with healing." He makes a note to warn that Polydeuces could be frightening for any party members who aren't used to seeing Personas as they aren't exactly cute, but leaves it for now. Their presences are fleeting on a battlefield anyway, only materializing when it's time to make a move and evaporating as soon as they are no longer needed.

"It seems there's about a million and a half ways for "magic" to work, though. Do you have any exciting talents?" The airquotes were done literally, tone conversational. Akihiko didn't have a tactical reason to know, he was just legitimately curious and in a place where it seems more people than not have some sort of extraordinary ability, it doesn't seem too far reaching to assume.