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[ The video feed opens in a rather mundane fashion: an expressionless man sitting within the library in the Initiative Hold, his tablet on a desk in front of him as he pages through a book--a somewhat battered old volume of history. ]

I have two questions. I would appreciate some answers, if you could.

[ His voice is deep and serious, but also remarkably flat and toneless. ]

I understand that the other "Transports" here represent a wide variety of worlds. How many come from one with similar components to this one? A ruined Earth, or one near ruin, and a repressive absolute government guiding humanity in the wake of that disaster.

[ He closes the book and sets it down on the desk just out of the screen's frame. ]

The second question is simple. Can anyone recommend somewhere I can find decent coffee?

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[ It's okay, Rei. His life is the same tautology, only with more evil and self-loathing. ]

Has it never occurred to you to wonder if you will regret offering that protection?

[ He shouldn't have asked that, shouldn't have veered so far off his original topic. Another regrettable thing. But the smallest of frowns creases his brow. ]

[ She'll roll on with this, unflinching, but begin to note him. ]

Their decisions will be their own. I did not regret.

My apologies. It was a meaningless question I should not have asked.

[ Is that the first trace of actual discomfort in his eyes? ]

Your name.

[ He too wants to take note of this girl who troubles him so. ]

It held no meaning for you?

[ Can't help but simply observe, can't help but feel a small piece of her drawn to yet unsure of this individual in a way that reminds of someone or something in the world she has left. The pause is evident. ]

Rei Ayanami.