"If no one wanted Adrien, there wouldn't be a group of people trying to rescue him right now!" Marinette countered, wildly motioning with a hand to the crowd that had accompanied her. She almost winced at the sympathy that shot through her, especially hearing how the Shadow spoke. Was this was Adrien worried about? He was always such a friendly person, always smiling and trying to be friends with her, even though her crush on him and her position as a study-abroad student got in the way.

Was he really hurting this much inside?

"Adrien, this thing is just trying to scare and bully you. There may be a part of you that agrees with it, but that doesn't mean it's right!" She remembered her own struggles with her Shadow, how it laughed and taunted her, how cruel its words were. But she had overcome it, and she had grown stronger for facing it, not letting it dominate her.

"Your Shadow is just using your insecurities against you. You're better than what it thinks, Adrien!"