Spotting that bit of movement out of the corner of his eye, Shinji angles his head just a bit to catch Kai's glance.

"Yeah. Even if it takes more work than just that, it's all still worth it," he says, with a sheepish little smile, before turning his attention back up. Clearly, we're getting less and less vague with who we're really talking about here, between the theoretical celestial runaways and the very real ones laying on the ground speculating about them.

"I'm... glad that I'm here. Really, really glad."