"No. No, no, no. I am -not- going to henge into Gendo and pretend to be the poor kid's father. Just NO, Amy."
"Oh, c'mon, Chris, it'd be hilarious."
"Hilarious is the last thing he needs right now, love. If you want me to do it here in the office while you dress up as Misato, that's one thing, but I am not going to traumatize that kid. And despite the common convention about AI ages, he is just a kid. We should be treating him as one, and care for him like responsible adults."
"You. Chris Marsden. A responsible adult."
"Yes, I know, it's not my usual ouvre. Still. I can at least pretend. And maybe break it to him lightly."
"I will go," said the blue-haired albino who hadn't been in the locked office a moment ago. "Shinji-kun is..." She paused for a moment, and Chris and Amy fell silent. "He is important to me. And he will need a... touchstone?"
Chris nodded, and settled back in his seat. "Yes, that's the right word, Rei. I think. He's going to feel disconnected enough when they tell him he's not in 'his' own universe, much less that he isn't even him. Except that he is. Memories are what make us the people we are, right? And all the memories he has are of being Ikari Shinji. So we treat him like that. We respect his identity as Ikari Shinji, no matter what body he may happen to be in."
Amy voiced a little sigh, but nodded. "Alright, Chris, alright. Let's just be glad nobody's gone and 'waved up an Eva unit yet... that'd screw the poor guy up even more."
"Yes, it would. Speaking of which, I'd better get an email out to that effect before one of Noah's girls decides to try anything... ever since those so-called Weasleys turned up in the Hogwarts cluster they've been a little off."
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
"Oh, c'mon, Chris, it'd be hilarious."
"Hilarious is the last thing he needs right now, love. If you want me to do it here in the office while you dress up as Misato, that's one thing, but I am not going to traumatize that kid. And despite the common convention about AI ages, he is just a kid. We should be treating him as one, and care for him like responsible adults."
"You. Chris Marsden. A responsible adult."
"Yes, I know, it's not my usual ouvre. Still. I can at least pretend. And maybe break it to him lightly."
"I will go," said the blue-haired albino who hadn't been in the locked office a moment ago. "Shinji-kun is..." She paused for a moment, and Chris and Amy fell silent. "He is important to me. And he will need a... touchstone?"
Chris nodded, and settled back in his seat. "Yes, that's the right word, Rei. I think. He's going to feel disconnected enough when they tell him he's not in 'his' own universe, much less that he isn't even him. Except that he is. Memories are what make us the people we are, right? And all the memories he has are of being Ikari Shinji. So we treat him like that. We respect his identity as Ikari Shinji, no matter what body he may happen to be in."
Amy voiced a little sigh, but nodded. "Alright, Chris, alright. Let's just be glad nobody's gone and 'waved up an Eva unit yet... that'd screw the poor guy up even more."
"Yes, it would. Speaking of which, I'd better get an email out to that effect before one of Noah's girls decides to try anything... ever since those so-called Weasleys turned up in the Hogwarts cluster they've been a little off."
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.