Okay, now that he is at this point, I can see him taking the Curious Case of R. Regina Langley-Rhodes... well, relatively well. It'd freak him out some, but I'm pretty sure he'd still come to grips in short order. Plus, just the way she behaves... acting like Asuka in so many superficial ways like that sarcastic humor, mischievous needling, and brash nature. But there, the resemblance ends. She's collected, she's confident (not the false sort she used to project), and generally more graceful (and I don't mean in how she carries herself).
So, what say if, while Shinji is on his ride, he happens to have a chance encounter with a strange person on sprockin' huge motorcycle, ridiculously fat tires, gleaming black with cool blue light shining from between the panels, twin-turbine engines howling like banshees, rider seeming more apart of the machine than just riding it... No words are exchanged as the apparently seasoned rider shows the newly minted one the twisting and turning paths through the rock that is Frigga, for he is a frequent visitor to this lonesome place.
And as suddenly as it starts, it ends, with the mysterious rider disappearing unseen down some tunnel. Thus Shinji has his first encounter with the Lunatic Fringe. He vows that it will not be his last, but instead the first of many encounters.
So, what say if, while Shinji is on his ride, he happens to have a chance encounter with a strange person on sprockin' huge motorcycle, ridiculously fat tires, gleaming black with cool blue light shining from between the panels, twin-turbine engines howling like banshees, rider seeming more apart of the machine than just riding it... No words are exchanged as the apparently seasoned rider shows the newly minted one the twisting and turning paths through the rock that is Frigga, for he is a frequent visitor to this lonesome place.
And as suddenly as it starts, it ends, with the mysterious rider disappearing unseen down some tunnel. Thus Shinji has his first encounter with the Lunatic Fringe. He vows that it will not be his last, but instead the first of many encounters.