Okay. Well. That's cool, Kai guessed. Even without any spooky approaches, Kai was still going to keep himself firmly planted as Shinji's shield from the horrors of... well, maybe nothing. The phantom was just pointing out their current... home? Their current place of residence. Showing them the way back, maybe?

That would have been a nice thing to do!

If only! It wasn't immediately followed up with that mouth vibrating its way off the phantom's skull as it stretched and contorted and gaped with such a soul-shredding wail.