["Weird adjustment" would probably be an understatement in any situation where they hadn't been kidnapped to fight kaiju.]

I ended up in an alternate dimension with a friend. There were monsters we call shadows there, a little similar to the curses you told me about. Anyway, it's a long story, but we ended up being able to summon something called a Persona to fight those shadows.

[A small smile flickers across his face.]

I guess you could also call it a special circumstance.