As she talks, Shinji finishes up the last bite of that onigiri, feeling similarly unenthusiastic about actually continuing to eat but... also feeling particularly bad about the idea of not finishing. He meant it when he said it was good! But with the mood hanging over them right now, appetites are... low.

But, nothing in particular worth mentioning, huh? So maybe a little closer to the Japan that, say, Kaito's from, than his own. But even then, probably still pretty different. Hm. Hmm...

"Honestly, it feels so much more strange to think that there are slightly different Japans out there than completely different worlds," one of those things where it feels easier to swallow the idea of big, hard to conceptualize changes rather than something familiar being altered somewhat. "But that sounds like... a peaceful place, at least."

That's nice.