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- INT. NERV HQ - PLUG TEST ROOM
- Three test plugs are submerged in liquid.
- Rei, Kaworu and Shinji have their eyes closed.
- Slowly and quietly they sink into the interior.
- INT. NERV HQ - CONTROL ROOM
- The three of them are on the monitors.
- IBUKI
- #0 is nearing the contamination limit. That's as far as she can go. #1 and #5 can go a bit further.
- MISATO
- You mean his harmonics are better than Rei's?
- IBUKI
- They're way beyond Shinji's numbers from before when that happened.
- Kaworu's wave pattern comes up on the screen.
- IBUKI
- Take a look at #5's personal pattern! He shouldn't be compatible with Unit 02, but they're so similar.
- MISATO
- So he can sync with Unit 01!?
- IBUKI
- It should be impossible.
- MISATO
- Did you hear that from Ritsuko…… Professor Akagi?
- IBUKI
- No…… I was informed about the Fifth's existence though.
- MISATO
- Estimate his sync rate with Unit 02.
- IBUKI
- (Calculating) 270%!
- MISATO
- Could that happen in Unit 02 too……!?
- IBUKI
- No way, I don't believe it!
- MISATO
- But it is true. We've gotta accept it, find out the cause.
- INT. NERV HQ - TEST SITE
- The plug hatches open after the test ends.
- After Shinji gets out, he hurries to leave.
- Kaworu watches him from behind.
- INT. NERV HQ - PUBLIC BATH
- Shinji taking a bath.
- We hear the door open and close.
- Kaworu's slender figure appears out of the steam.
- KAWORU
- You always head off before everyone.
- Shinji averts his eyes from Kaworu's naked body.
- KAWORU
- I wonder, are you avoiding me?
- SHINJI
- I'm not avoiding you or anything.
- KAWORU
- You're such a liar. You totally are.
- SHINJI
- You should have told me you were the Fifth Child.
- KAWORU
- That's my line. I didn't know you were the Second. ––Are you mad about that?
- SHINJI
- Not really.
- KAWORU
- Is it always like this? Like, kinda tense?
- SHINJI
- Tense?
- KAWORU
- Both Lieutenant Katsuragi and you.
- SHINJI
- A lot of stuff has happened. Before you came, Mr. Kaji and Ayanami, they……
- KAWORU
- What happened to the First?
- SHINJI
- Uh…… Nevermind.
- KAWORU
- Tell me.
- SHINJI
- I don't want to talk about it.
- KAWORU
- Oh, so it's confidential.
- SHINJI
- ……
- Kaworu enters the water.
- KAWORU
- But, it's made you pretty timid when it comes to human contact.
- SHINJI
- I've always been like this. If I don't know someone, we can't betray or hurt each other.
- KAWORU
- But isn't that kind of lonesome?
- SHINJI
- That's just how it is. I was born this way. I can't change. I hate that about myself so much. To be honest, I want to scream and run away from myself.
- KAWORU
- But I always hear you saying that you mustn't run away.
- SHINJI
- I figure, if I'll get reborn as a new person when I die, I don't mind if I do.
- KAWORU
- I dunno about that. You seem to be a person who values yourself above all else.
- SHINJI
- ……
- KAWORU
- (Abruptly) Let me see your hand.
- SHINJI
- Huh……?
- KAWORU
- You're left hand.
- Kaworu takes Shinji's left hand and examines his palm.
- Shinji is startled when he notices several scars on Kaworu's wrist.
- KAWORU
- You have callouses on your finger tips.
- SHINJI
- It's from playing cello.
- KAWORU
- Cello?
- SHINJI
- I play a little.
- KAWORU
- How lovely.
- Kaworu gripping his left hand.
- Skin touching skin……
- Badump, badump, Shinji's heart pounds wildly.
- SHINJI
- Sorry…… I need to get out……
- He says, letting go of Kaworu's hand and leaving the bath.
- Shinji's heart pounds even harder.
- He staggers to his feet.
- Shinji faints.
- WIPE OUT
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