Despite knowing that Scylla's position as a hero was supposed to be an official thing now, Iara came to the festival with her Persona turned off. Paying cash for junk food and saying hi to friends from church is a lot easier in an identity that is otherwise basically invisible. People invite all kinds of visitors from out of town, so it's not like people are asking for papers.

Her plan was to go change and meet up with the rest of the team before their stage appearance, but the protesters showed up a fair bit early for that. Iara can wrap her head around the idea that modern society's reliance on superheroes isn't healthy, but she's not sure what the group intends to actually do about it.

She stands to the side as innocuously as she can - pretty innocuous, as it would turn out - and listens in on Kevin's conversation.