voicetesting & thinking of apping to the cuddle game when it opens (lmao)

[tentative]

[empty stare.]

If I were Rei Ayanami, would I enjoy touching others?

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[5thchild]

[ and he reaches out for Rei's hand after, gently forcing her to touch his face ] How does it feel?

[tentative]

[stare.]

Warmer. Than your hand was.

[5thchild]

Does my hand feel the same as other person's? Does my face feel the same as other person's?

Does it feel the same as yours?

1/2

[tentative]

I don't know.

[tentative]

Does Nagisa enjoy it?

[5thchild]

Perhaps instead of asking "If I were Rei Ayanami", you ought to try to find an answer to how you feel first.

[ he won't answer her question, but he will sweetly nuzzle her hand ]

[tentative]

... Why are you doing that?

[5thchild]

"Why" you ask.

Does it upset you?

[tentative]

No. But it is strange.

Why?

[5thchild]

[ Kaworus's both hands reach for Rei's face, gently cupping it. He comes closer only a little bit further, still allowing enough space between them ]

Be it strange, good or bad, this is something you are feeling as yourself. It's independent if you were to be "Rei Ayanami" or not.

It's only because you are yourself, and no other reason.

[tentative]

[stare.]

Let go.

[not angry, but an expressed desire.]

[5thchild]

Like that.

[ he nods and does as told, pulling his hands away ]

[tentative]

Nagisa doesn't touch me.

[so, why this time.]

[5thchild]

Perhaps, but I don't mind. [ he doesn't know how his other versions feel about it,and he isn't too worried about that either. ]

[tentative]

You... are not Nagisa.

You look like him.

[5thchild]

We are essentially the same, but I'm not exactly the one you know.

[tentative]

Another... Nagisa?

[like the other her.]

[5thchild]

That's right.

You are also not the one I know, thought you are essentially the same as her.

[tentative]

The same.

But she is another. Separate. She is not the same.

[5thchild]

[ he smiles at that ]

You are yourself. You are no one but yourself.

[tentative]

No one but myself, but the same as another. I don't understand.

[5thchild]

It's alright if you don't. Perhaps one day, it will be clear.

[ maybe when another Instrumentality happens. ]

[tentative]

Do you know... the other Nagisa?

[5thchild]

I'm before them.

[tentative]

Is the other me from before?