No, no that is not a good thought in the least. Bizarre invisible flights are one thing, and yes that raised plenty of concerns on its own, but heading into an airbase where someone was deliberately crashing a plane? Seeing that, and still going in?

That's the kind of person Kai is, Shinji knows this, and Kei is important to him. It's not... a surprise to hear that Kai would do something so unbelievably reckless, but the thought of it ties his stomach up in knots. He's just a human. As tough as he may be, people are so fragile compared to the kind of destruction he's talking about.

Shinji doesn't say anything. His jaw tightens, his mouth pulling into a thin line and the hand he has at Kai's back curls into the fabric of his shirt, like it's going to stop him from doing something he's already done. But, he won't stop him from talking about it. Go on. He hates this already, but go on.