It might seem kind of strange, at least, if Shinji hadn't gone through an identical reaction to something like that about a year ago. A nightmare, and he'd wanted to make sure the other person involved in it was okay...

"No," he answers carefully, "That doesn't seem silly at all."

Perhaps still kind strange by virtue of both of them having been awake just now, as far as he could tell, but... That doesn't sound too terribly far off from what he's experiencing, right? Like a bad dream, even just a daydream...

Ah. This feels like a really dangerous situation.

His face pales slightly and his jaw sets a little tightly for a moment, but he's not going to leave her at just that. "I've felt like that before. It... must have been pretty bad if you're this worried."