This moment is even creepier if you interpret most of Friend's appearances as them being accidentally spotted while following you in the darkness. The game recognizes there's *something* hidden in the dark watching you so it lets you target it, but it's unable to tell what it is
I don't think Dess was a terrible person and Kris was obviously a troublemaker as a kid, but I do still think of this from time to time.
Old news, but I was thinking of this just now