[At the question, Shinji takes a moment to take a quick look around the room. In all honesty, he's sure that even if he hadn't pitched in, there would have definitely been someone to fill that role he had taken. It feels a little less like something he had a hand in rebuilding, and more like something that was an inevitability, just brought about a tiny bit faster through his own efforts...

Hmm.]

It's... interesting. It's rewarding to see people enjoy it, at any rate.

[And here, he pulls his attention back to Kaworu,] It turned out to be a really nice place, didn't it?