Did he fall hard enough to injure himself? Shinji is too thoroughly gripped by tension and adrenaline to really tell, but he doesn't immediately seem to be bleeding, and picking himself back up is a simple matter. He shakes off the shock from falling, and is greeted by the sight of an achingly familiar face tumbling toward him.

"You-" he exhales, his breath harsh in his throat as he scurries up to where Kai's landed. "You're here..."