As the scenery blinks in, Shinji finds himself quietly marveling at everything it has to offer. He's not a total stranger to a virtual setting like this - it had been a very practical way to do pilot training back before he had been swept off to Havenwell. Even the most immursive combat stimulation was only just that, though, not the kind of thing you stop to admire once you've been dropped into it. Not like this.

"I didn't realize how much I missed a view like this." The greenery returning to the city is a welcome sight, but is a far cry from such a boundless seeming expanse of nature. He keeps his focus fixed upward for a moment longer, finding the sight of stars a familiar comfort, even if he knows it's a fake one.