His mouth pulled into a worried line. Giving Shinji a quick look, he gave him a small nod. That was the right move now, Kai was pretty sure. His own hand stayed steady at Kyoko's back, rubbing warm circles of comfort there. Ah... what could they do about this particular kind of heartache?

"Shinji's right. And we're together now," Kai told her, trying to steer away from wherever that thought had been going. "Which means... we can figure this out, whatever this is."