Glancing over at Gendo he couldn’t help but notice that he had assumed Evil Genius Pose #5 (Fingers steepled, Glasses tilted to reflect light into the viewer’s eyes.), as he watched the chaos his latest bulletin had created among the rank and file below. The knowing smirk of course was an Ikari trademark.
“Gendo?” ‘This has to be an elaborate joke.’
“Yes, Professor?” Amusement was uncommonly apparent in his tone.
“Are you serious about this?” Fuyutsuki’s tone however was much less amused and a trifle worried.
“Of course. I would hardly have issued it and had it distributed otherwise.”
“Is it wise to… encourage their relationship when they share a common parent?”
“That may be true, however as Rei was created using Lilith’s DNA as well as Yui’s. She is less related to him genetically then any human alive.”
“Morally it could still be considered incest.”
All amusement had left Gendo’s voice as he dropped his hands and turned his gaze to his longtime mentor.
“We have no moral ground to speak from. Everything we have done to this date has directly defied the will of the creator as we know it and earned us eternal damnation if we fail and possibly even if we succeed.”
Gendo paused to remove his glasses and rub his temples for a moment before continuing.
“If you want to get technical Rei can be classified as an animal since her DNA is not strictly human, making Shinji guilty of bestiality as well as incest. The Roman Catholic Church classifies angels as they do nuns in terms of relationship to god and standing in the church, so as she can be considered a bride of God, you can add adultery into the lists of crimes against his soul. Let us also not forget that Pope Urban VIII issued a decree in 1643 stating that sex with a nun, even consensually, was to be considered rape and prosecuted as such. So by Shinji having intimate relations with Rei he can be considered to have committed incest, bestiality, adultery, and rape by Catholic law. However since neither of them is Catholic it’s rather a moot point.”
Fuyutsuki stood there stunned for a moment at Gendo’s uncharacteristic outpouring.
“Everyone involved in our project will be saved or damned by our actions. The only true moral ground there is for us… is whether it helps us achieve our goals or not.”
Fuyutsuki was silent for a moment before releasing his most telling argument, “What would Yui think of it? Wouldn’t she consider both of them as her children?”
Gendo’s answering glare backed him up a step and when he finally answered there was as much resignation in his voice as there was anger.
“Enough, Kouzou! Despite their common origins there is very little actually linking them. As far as everyone is concerned they are simply two pilots and that is my final word on the matter.”
“Very well, I will say no more on the subject.”
“Good. I need you to hire a self defense expert to train Shinji.”
“Why would Shinji need self defense training? We have a score of section 2 agents guarding the pilots from possible attack.”
Gendo simply handed him a folder and resumed watching the geofront personnel gossip and argue below them.
“This can’t be right.” Quickly paging through the file he flipped back and forth comparing various charts and graphs that the author frankly can’t be bothered with describing. “According to this, in Shinji’s first battle Unit 01 didn’t go berserk… Shinji did.”
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