Good, Shinjiro thought. He had a nervous twist in his gut. It hadn't even been a full day since he died and wound up - right back in Iwatodai, as the dream conveniently clipped out the party. He didn't know what was going on. He didn't know how Castor would react to, well, anything. But if he ever hurt someone else again ...

The Shadow began to rush toward them. There's no further time to hesitate. Shinjiro quickly put the Evoker to his head - not giving Gina a chance to stop him - and pulled the trigger. "Persona!"

A massive, skeletal horse ridden by some kind of humanoid figure appeared before them - huge, menacing, eyes glowing. But both heads of rider and 'horse' were looking at the Shadow - it rose up and struck down hard, causing the Shadow to cry out in an awful shriek before dissolving into miasma.

The strange figure in front of Shinjiro disappeared a moment later.