He'd seen and caused his fair share of unpleasantness and then some. So yes, Tony was a bit of a skeptic. However, he wouldn't want something like that to happen to anyone.

Skeptic or not, Shinji's answers at least were quite convincing. "Then that can't be the issue if she's had six whole months to get used to it." Huh, he wondered what her deal was then. Unless there had been some feelings and those had happened more recently? It could be something else entirely.

"I'll try to talk to her again. She's not good at opening up is she," he remarked with a laugh. Did that sound like anyone else they knew? Shinji..