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[17th_angel]

No journey can be started without that initial step. And so it's fine... I'm more than glad to venture out to establish the Evangelion tag.

I was once the First after all.

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[17th_angel]

But besides that, how are you now?

[extradite]

[ Oh, he knows the right answer to that! ]

Operational.

[17th_angel]

. . . . operational? Are you still with an Eva then?

[extradite]

Why ask if - I'm its pilot. Don't think - whatever happens, I'm... I'm the Eva-01 pilot.

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[17th_angel]

[But that should be impossible after--]

Ah, I see. This mixing of worlds can be a bit disorienting. It seems we are from different points in time.

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[17th_angel]

Of course, you are her pilot shadow of Lilith, as long as you wish to be.

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[extradite]

You -

[extradite]

...right. That's right. How... do you do? How are you?

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[17th_angel]

. . . . .

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[17th_angel]

I'm quite well, thank you.

Shinji-kun, if I may ask, what was your last memory before coming here?

[extradite]

[ How can you say you're well, you - ]

I'm not telling you that.

[17th_angel]

I see, if that is your wish. But can you tell me why not?

[extradite]

You either respect my wish, or you question it like that, don't you?

[17th_angel]

I'm trying to understand. I have lost your trust-- I can hazard a guess why. Yet the last time we parted, you were happy to see me...

[After my attack, but before Instrumentality. I know nothing of this time period. Is that enough for this difference--?]

But I won't press this matter if it upsets you.

[extradite]

- you're impossible. You say one thing, but in the end, you're just - you're only questioning me more, aren't you? There's nothing fair about that.

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[17th_angel]

The circumstances of the world are not fair, not in the choices it gives nor in the answers that may be found.

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[17th_angel]

But enough of that. I spoke the truth when I said I wished to see you again. What else would you like to speak of instead?

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[extradite]

Don't talk like that.

[extradite]

Music. Talk about... music. The music you were humming. Right. I don't... I don't know what it was. Just talk about it.

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[17th_angel]

[You are in pain. The same as always, yet still--]

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[17th_angel]

Very well. That was a piece from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony -- the Ode to Joy. A pinnacle of emotion found within lilim culture. That it's composer was deaf makes it an even greater achievement.

My voice is not the best, so it would have been better if I could have played it for you on the violin.

[extradite]

Beethoven. Right. That's...

[ Of course he knew. He plays himself - somewhat. Just keep talking. ]

You can't have. The violin, that is. It takes... training. And years. Years to play something well. You can't just wake up and do it.

[17th_angel]

I did not bring it with me to NERV.

[There was no need for it. He would not be allowed to tarry long there.]

But everyone needs their hobbies. There is the piano as well, but the violin is more my instrument. Perhaps if we meet again under better circumstances we can play together.

[extradite]

I'm telling you, you won't be able to play unless you have good training and regular practice.

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[17th_angel]

You seem rather set on that for someone who has yet to hear me play. I didn't spring out of nothingness, Shinji-kun.