One week was totally easy peasy when he was assuming 'never' was the answer. You're looking free and clear, Shinji.

Saying he was good didn't feel all that entirely correct. It was just hard to tell every know and then. For as good as Kai thought he'd gotten at reading Shinji, he knew very well he wasn't getting the whole picture every single time. Kai didn't want to push him too hard, but he couldn't always find the ways to prod those deeper thoughts out gently.

"Long as you tell me when I'm not," he carefully reminded him. "I trust you too."