Please, you're gonna have to do way worse than a couple of hair-ruffles before any weapons are drawn.

Especially if you're following up that assault with a more soothing action. Shinji blinks a little in surprise as the more soothing touches are dished out, and any tension his shoulders were still holding melts away. Oh... this is. nice, actually.

"It is kind of weird," considering that's basically been the go-to fix for any unusual happenings so far, as far as he could tell. His hand drops back down to rest gently on Kai's back - even if contact isn't going to fix this bizarre little snowstorm, it still feels like the right thing to do right now. "Unless it's making whatever limit there is on everything shorter."

Decrease the time limit? Maybe? Who can really say.