[Haruhi listens. It's all she can think to do until he finishes. When he looks away she backs up and reaches over to a nearby shelf where she has a packet of tissues she got as a freebie last time she was at the store. She places it on the ground next to Shinji and sighs.]

Let me...try to explain. Usually after someone disappears we find them in that world in some kind of dungeon, like where we found you, and we find them with a shadow. That's the other you. When you deny the shadow it turns into a monster, and when you accept it it turns into a persona. That's how it worked for everyone else.

[She frowns. This whole NERV situation is making her uneasy to think about. Could they have something to do with the disappearances? All she knows for sure is that it can't be an accident that this keeps happening. The team has discussed it before but no one has been able to make any guesses about why they were taken. Information is very limited and it's not like any of them are some kind of detective prince. This is a better guess than anything they've had before.

Haruhi looks towards the door. Her phone is sitting in the other room and she can hear it buzzing softly. That's probably the team checking in. She'll have to call a team meeting soon. She turns back towards Shinji.]

I think this means you have a new persona now, Ikari-san.