[This is awkward. Shinji rubs at the back of his neck, still pointedly not looking at the older man.]
Look, there ain't ever been...anyone who tried, so.
[He rolls a shoulder in a half-shrug. They'd had caretakers in the orphanage, of course, and then there was the chairman of SEES, who provided supplies and information for missions, but no adults had ever taken any kind of personal interest in him, or attempted to help him. Also the chairman is a huge traitor who wants to end the world but luckily for Shinji he died before he had to go through that particular betrayal.]
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Look, there ain't ever been...anyone who tried, so.
[He rolls a shoulder in a half-shrug. They'd had caretakers in the orphanage, of course, and then there was the chairman of SEES, who provided supplies and information for missions, but no adults had ever taken any kind of personal interest in him, or attempted to help him.
Also the chairman is a huge traitor who wants to end the world but luckily for Shinji he died before he had to go through that particular betrayal.]