Shinji Ikari Raising Project

[robkelk]

And I just realised, Yayoi has either met the real Rei Ayanami, or is at least aware that she exists somewhere out there.

True, Yayoi has met a Rei.

However, she's not going to mention that to Shinji unless he asks specifically – she has enough empathy to know that would be bad for Shinji's psyche at the moment. (The alternative: "Oh, yes, I met your friend a few years back. No, she wasn't an android or a biomod. No, I can't tell you how to reach her." And Shinji goes into a funk or a shutdown.) She won't lie to him, but she won't say everything she knows, especially if she thinks saying what she knows would hurt him.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012