There he goes! A tree-scaling master at work! Shinji had told himself to make sure he was watching carefully, but that was an incredibly impressive leap from Kai! Would Shinji even be able to emulate that? That was definitely the work of a seasoned adventurer, which Shinji is absolutely not.

"I... don't know if I can do that."

Still, he approaches the tree, like he's trying to judge how hard that might realistically be. How high would he have to jump to be able to grab that branch? That seems like it's gonna be tough, it'd probably be pretty easy to get hurt if he messes it up. Hm. Hmmm.