[he's struggling a little, fighting between the kneejerk reaction to always keep his emotions tucked away, and just—the sudden stab in his chest, tears streaming]
Asuka was piloting Unit-03. It was—corrupted by an Angel, and Father overrode me using the Dummy System. Asuka—Asuka was—. . . I—. . . ran away. I didn't want to fight. But—the Angels attacked again, and Makinami-san pulled me out just in time to see Ayanami get—devoured by an Angel. I—went back to Unit-01, but when I tried to save Ayanami, we—. . . I don't know. Something happened, and Eva-01 activated and opened the Door of Guf . . .
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M-Misato-san, Misato-san . . . I'm sorry. I'm sorry . . . I'm sorry . . .
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[instinctively leaning closer again, one hand half-reaching for him]
W-What? No. There's nothing you need to apologize for!
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Shinji-kun! It's okay!
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—I'm happy you called!
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Wh...?!
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[please hold this isn't processing at all]
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[it's cool]
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[still not processing this at all but no let's keep talking]
Shinji-kun, what happened...?
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I just told you.
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... I don't understand...
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Wait—who? I still don't... [shakes her head] Asuka was not in Unit-03.
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[o h]
Oh god...
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She was . . . alright. Asuka was.
[like . . . this is something that was okay? aside from the . . . eyepatch and not aging ever . . .]
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[let's. let's work on this little by little. okay]
... Who is Makinami?
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. . . another pilot. I don't know much about her. She was working with Asuka . . . later.
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[keeping her tone as even as possible]
I don't remember anyone with that name. Or rather... the only pilots we had were Rei, Asuka, and you. Then... Suzuhara-kun and Nagisa. That's all.
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Suzuhara Toji... your classmate...
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He didn't—. . .
[just shrugs, as if to say—you see?]
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