Shinji Ikari's eyebrows twitched gently under the soothing comfort of the sunlight, and just opening his eyes let him see the dawn's rays pouring through the gaps in the curtains.
For Shinji Ikari, who had barely slept almost at all last night, even though his physical body had begun changing toward the EVA side, this morning's sun was indeed somewhat annoying.
Entirely because of too little rest-or rather, because the state of high excitement had been maintained for too long-the physical sense of fatigue wasn't all that intense, but his mind was inevitably somewhat listless.
Misato Katsuragi in the dead of night was exceptionally high-strung; clearly she had worked overtime very late into the night before coming home, yet she had more than enough energy to toss, turn, and make a ruckus all night long until dawn.
The daytime belonged to Ritsuko Akagi, while the night belonged to Misato Katsuragi; the result was that yesterday he barely rested at all the entire day, and then the blinding sunlight came out to disturb his pleasant dream.
If a life like this were going to last a lifetime, then he would definitely be finished; sure enough, he still had to continue piloting Unit-01, as only that kind of physique was worthy of a god.
Naturally, Shinji Ikari was a person with lofty pursuits of becoming a god-or rather, if he didn't have this pursuit, he didn't know what he would become-so he still had to get up and go to the base.
The S2 Engine and the F-Type Armor, though of course the most important was still the S2 Engine; as long as he had that, he would no longer have to be restricted by the umbilical cord.
With the S2 Engine, he and Unit-01 were bound to be invincible!
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