Ah, they'd reached the part where everything was starting to smell good, even if they hadn't put in the real star of the show yet. It was making Kai realize that yeah, actually, he was pretty hungry! Maybe if he stared at the pan hard enough, it would stew faster!

So he did just this while he leaned next to Shinji a bit, resting his chin on his shoulder to stare the contents down. C'mon. Cook faster, everything.

"It already smells really good. Good job, us."