God help him he was so confused by this entire thing. "I've got hands," he sputtered at Shinji, but Shinji was already gone. Here now was Kyoko, hello. "I wanted to help though," he said. "Figured I could get plates or... something..."

Was he being herded? He was being herded, wasn't he. Somehow he'd gotten that much closer to the table than to any of the actually helpful locations, and Kyoko was very much right there.