[...Atma? Akechi tries not to stare, but fails. Thankfully, it only lasts a few moments before composure returns to his features.]

I know them as Shadows that lurk in the Metaverse.

[He pauses, as the unfamiliar terminology on Serph's end suggests the Metaverse would be just as foreign.]

Effectively, it's a parallel world based solely in cognition. Thoughts, feelings, either in the form of an individual's distorted desires or the greater collective.

[So that's interesting. A shared entity across realities, presumably with the exact same appearance.

What could that mean?]