[ Kido shrugs, because she's not a Persona guru enough to know why, but she has her guesses. ]

It's not real fire— it's probably a remnant of having been a ghost. Fire can be destructive, or it can be warm and comforting... I'm not scared of it anymore, so the fire is warm.

[ So Nekogami has decided to be warm, or something. He comes back to Kido's side now, pressed up and it feels like nothing more than warm breath against their hands where his flames reach up to lick them. ]