Yet crossing its path had been something Other. Not of the Lillim, though mimicking the appearance. Not of the Angels, though itself did not use that term. It thought of itself and its brethren as simply Them.
Yet into its overriding purpose had come something unexpected - curiosity. This Other was burning bright with possibilities the Lillim did not.
"What Strange Thing Art Thou?" called out the Angel, wondering if its Purpose had been postponed after all.
"What strange thing is what?" asked Ranma. "Maybe that fish in your ear?"
"WHAT?!" asked Misato, immediately trying to pluck the thing out. When she did, she glanced at the horrid thing and slowly came to a stop. Again. "WHAT?!"
"What what?" asked Ranma, putting stuff back in his pockets.
"It's a 'babel fish'," said Misato. "I saw that movie when I was a kid. Dad didn't get all the British humor, but Mom and I did - it was one of the few happy times before everything went wrong so I remember it..."
"A 'bible fish'?" asked Ranma.
"Babel fish," automatically corrected Misato still staring at the fish. "Sort of like the 'universal translator' used in some old Sci-fi series I saw. It translates languages so that you can understand any language being spoken."
"Sounds handy," said Ranma.
"There was something about it proving the existence of God because it was so unlikely to exist on its own that a God had to have created it or something," said Misato. Then she put the babel fish carefully back into her ear.
"Ugh," said Ranma.
A wandering dog sniffing at the train looked up at her and gave a tentative woof. (I suppose a milkbone is completely out of the question?)
"I'm afraid so," said Misato, feeling rather faint. If a babel fish could prove the existence of a divine being, then it also followed that the appearance of something from a fictional movie within her own universe meant...
Ranma Ikari might be telling the truth.
"You okay, that ain't burrowing in or something is it?" asked Ranma, putting more away in his pockets. Hmmm. Pocky. He'd just take one for now and save the rest for later.
"We've got to get you to NERV Central," said Misato, falling back on Duty. She'd work the rest of this out later.
"Adam Be Near," said the Angel in the distance. "Dost Thou Who Art Other Seek Adam As Well?"
"Who is 'Adam'?" asked Misato as she scanned her surroundings. Car - squished. Train - derailed. Angel - over that way.
"Adam who?" asked Ranma.
"Come on," said Misato, striding off in a direction away from the Angel.
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