Kyoko won't pull away if Shinji wants to let the touch linger, not this time. He's being so kind about all of this, it would just be cold of her to reject such a gentle gesture. And it is nice.

But she blinks at the suggestion he raises. The other way around? Would Shinji just say something like that? Ah, maybe. He's always so nice to her, after all.

"You being away from... all that, that's what makes me feel better," she mumbles, sheepish even though they've pretty much already established that. "But if you didn't mind it, I'm glad, for sure."