If she weren't so focused on getting the sash off, Kyoko might have been a little ticked to have all that carefully crafted praise brushed off with an 'okay' but luckily for everyone she's pretty much on the same page as Shinji here. He gets it, he's trying!

Still, she has to flush at that one; hard work is certainly one of her own favorite qualities in a person. "You too!" she hastens to shoot back, but she doesn't think she's just echoing him, not really. "I mean, I guess I don't know you that well yet, but you're two for two on rising to the occasion and being a big help! In my experience!"