Okay, at least he doesn't need to be more explicit than that for Kai to catch on. Thank you, this is true mercy.

"Well, yeah." Of course, they should both want it, there's no question about that. He'd figured that bringing it up at all would be an indication of Shinji being in favor of it as well, but maybe a little extra push wouldn't hurt. Even if approaching this topic still fairly embarrassing, he's taking this as seriously as he can. "I want to make sure you know it's on the table."

Not something that he'd have to wonder about, or feel like he has to seek out elsewhere. And maybe... maybe that's some part of what had knocked him so off guard about this whole thing in the first place.