... So what was this all about?
I thought the "you" in Lens's post referred to me, rather than Jacintha, because his post was immediately after my post, so I thought the shadow was speaking to me. Jacintha had just dismissed me from the building, so I thought she was still inside while I was near the door. The shadow, I guess, was trying to keep me from alerting the others, an implicit order that I promptly disregarded. I then tried to warn Jacintha and zap the shadow to knock it back.
And now you're telling me that I was nowhere near there? Who the what huh?
Anywho, I gotta go IRL. I expect to see an explanation by the time I return.