He might die! He might actually die while Kai sorts through that bomb! Saying something like that was showing way more of his hand than he was prepared for, and he's practically holding his breath while he waits to see what Kai's going to do. Probably laugh? That was super cheesy! Why wouldn't he laugh! Why did that have to be what he said??
But then... instead of treating it like a joke, Kai answers it honestly.
Surprise indeed!
He still kind of feels like he might expire, but less intensely so. Kai taking it in stride as well as he had alleviates enough of that pressure that Shinji doesn't feel entirely frozen in place anymore. He regards the reply with a quiet kind of seriousness, despite the blush still sticking very stubbornly to his cheeks.
If Kai were to voice some of those first thoughts, Shinji's sure he'd be able to relate just as well, but even what gets said feels about right. "That... makes sense." Being here has certainly changed his perception on things like gods and whatnot, considering everything they've been put through. Fate itself might still be a rocky idea to navigate, and not a wholly pleasant one, but even then...
"Someone said something like that to me, once," he mumbles softly, leaning in slightly into Kai's touch. "It felt... kind of unbelievable," because, naturally, why a good-for-nothing like him? He continues, "But now, I sort of feel like I can maybe understand it a little better."
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But then... instead of treating it like a joke, Kai answers it honestly.
Surprise indeed!
He still kind of feels like he might expire, but less intensely so. Kai taking it in stride as well as he had alleviates enough of that pressure that Shinji doesn't feel entirely frozen in place anymore. He regards the reply with a quiet kind of seriousness, despite the blush still sticking very stubbornly to his cheeks.
If Kai were to voice some of those first thoughts, Shinji's sure he'd be able to relate just as well, but even what gets said feels about right. "That... makes sense." Being here has certainly changed his perception on things like gods and whatnot, considering everything they've been put through. Fate itself might still be a rocky idea to navigate, and not a wholly pleasant one, but even then...
"Someone said something like that to me, once," he mumbles softly, leaning in slightly into Kai's touch. "It felt... kind of unbelievable," because, naturally, why a good-for-nothing like him? He continues, "But now, I sort of feel like I can maybe understand it a little better."