Mitsuri tilts her head to one side, giving Shinji a curious look. He says that so blatantly, like it's something he's taken the time to get to know intimately.

"Is it?" She's not being judgmental, just gently curious. "If you help a person, talk to them, give them what they need when they need it, listen to their problems... is that not nurturing them?"

Brushing a hand gently over the leaves of the plant he has recently unearthed, she smiles softly. "I don't think it's all that very different, then."