[Haruhi doesn't like the darkness either. First of all there are tons of unnatural, un-urban trees blocking out the sky. Beyond that, the sky itself is pretty black, barely any moonlight. There was a new moon a few days ago, probably, also known as a blood moon; and there's a place in the forest that Shimamoto, or at least Alice, seem to suspect in advance. There's something Haruhi doesn't see. But even here she can hear the sound of a friendly voice... and her own voice, which she might love even more.]

You remember Maya-chan dragging off Yamane in the library? They left school together too - Maria-chan saw... [Wow, past tense verbs - those do a bit of a number on the chipper smile Haruhi is trying to maintain.] So then Maya-chan says she was with Yamane, like they're somewhere else in the woods and they found Maria-chan, and she texted me, and he called the police.

Then I called you, and Shimamoto-san, and so now we're here! [Tada! Haruhi is so proud of this totally unbiased summation. She even left in the qualifiers for the things she didn't witness herself.]