[ What does it want? Phantom knows very clearly what 'it' wants. After all, it wants the same thing as he does. It wants to sing. ]

The shadow and I are one. We share the same body. If you knock me unconscious, it too will be disabled, and I will be able to reclaim control. Kill me if it is unavoidable.

[ That was what worked the last time. The alternative is to wait it out, but by then the darkness would no doubt have claimed many lives. ]

But I must caution you. Should it attain dominance, it will try to remove this. [ He points to his collar. ] If you see me without it, you must not approach me... block your ears if you need to. You must not hear its voice.