Correct. My Shadow first appeared to me in a dream, the night I shook hands with the attendant, and he appeared to me during my second visit to the TV world, when Teddie-san showed me a corruption of the central shopping district.

[The talking helps. He visibly relaxes, resting his hands atop the pillow.]

I didn't accept it then, but after a few more encounters with it here, Morgana eventually talked me into accepting it properly, and I gained Robin Hood's power.