"The Lesser Shadows are simply enemies trawling the dungeon. Wolf's Shadow could theoretically command them or summon a particularly powerful Shadow as an obstacle, but there's no danger in fighting them."

He nods at Akane's comment about attacking the Shadow. "Ideally, we need to convince Wolf to accept his Shadow. If he so much as utters 'you're not me,' a fight will ensue, in which case we can weaken the Shadow, but not kill it."