I will just pretend a mysterious plot essay was there.

The thing about Echidna is that she's almost always in her element. She's probably not going to be a Persona with a huge character arc; she is what I conceived of her to be and I'm happy with that, even if it means she's kind of static. Her focus isn't on place so much; it's on the heroes and what they're asking her for and how they strive. And honestly, she's loving that. People are going out and throwing themselves against the Darkness, they're coming to her regularly to test themselves against her children, everyone is striving to become more and better than what they were. And that's kind of the core of what she is, that striving. So she's loving it.

The personal monsters thing is basically a really deep expression of that. When you can't confront something within yourself in an ordinary way, but you want to, she can change the context and present it to you in a form you can challenge more effectively. So of course she loves the people who come to her for it, and is happy when they succeed.

Personally, she thinks everyone is a sweetheart in general (people who aren't tend not to tag her, probably fortunately) and wants to grandma at them all. The weather and the supply shortages are annoying but nothing she can't work with -- she's kind of wistful that she can't easily bring out wine or just randomly feed people, and that her quest rewards are less good than they should be, but Camelot itself is an environment that by its nature forces people to strive in all ways, so that's a bonus for her.

What's Jill thinking of doing when she gets all her memories back?