Perhaps it was bold of him, but more importantly, she hadn't asked any of those questions that she thought would be too much. That's the kind of tact he's trusting her to use, and clearly he was right about it.

Shinji, on the other hand, is still pretty hesitant to be offering anything up of his own volition - what would be too much, after all? She'd been so distraught over just what she had seen, so figuring out what else would manage to hit a balance of not overwhelming, but simply informative might be... a little tricky. Something that would require a lot of careful thought on his part.

That door will remain unlocked, at any rate. Surely someone will open it up sooner or later.

"Thank you," he replies softly. "I really am glad that it was you, you know?"