Gendo finished going through the report and summed up his reaction to it in a simple and direct manner. "You're sure of this?"
"It has to be," said Ritsuko. "It's the only explanation I could find after the results of the various tests came back taken after the Angel attack. I spent most of the afternoon trying to test him as a followup."
"The only pleasant thought about this is that the old men of SEELE are likely to be even more annoyed than yourself," said Gendo.
"He has to be reinforcing his physical parameters with angel-level AT fields," said Ritsuko, "and for that to happen it has to be a form of angel contamination."
"Yet he can be used," said Gendo. It was not a question.
"Well, yes," said Ritsuko. "We had to build specialized equipment, but we have a measure of his strength and speed. His ability to heal and recover are... astonishing."
"Useful traits for someone who is to be sent out to fight," pointed out Gendo. "I see he burned out your treadmill."
"He was running over forty-five miles per hour and his heartrate only went up marginally," said a frowning Ritsuko. "Though if you want to discuss broken equipment, there's the weight machine."
"Deal with it, Doctor," said Gendo. "Unless you want to negotiate a better budget?"
It was on its way.
Shamshel had been "born" at the moment that Sachiel perished, however it had evolved a little based on things that had occurred to Sachiel.
There was an Other. This had to be seen and verified. Where there was an Other, their Purpose might need to be re-evaluated.
That there might have been further alterations in itself was not of a concern.
Asuka grumped to herself as the plan to take her Eva unit, the only one designed for combat, was loaded onto a ship. She was watching from a distance, but it was only proper she should be around for such a thing.
Mainly though she was brooding.
Ship travel was SUCH a pain.
Her mission was SUCH a pain.
Being away from Kaji was SUCH a pain.
Being told her living arrangements were apparently still being worked out was SUCH a pain.
"Could this day get any worse?" asked Asuka.
As yet she didn't know that:
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