Just to make sure that everything went as it should, Shinji went along when the ambulance took he girl. No, not that he cared about her, it was just a simple desire to assure himself about it all. He didn't trust government services anymore - not even these. And all along, he remained in his cold and unfeeling state without saying a word, staring into the emptiness for the most time. When she was taken care of, he simply turned on his heel and left, not even a trace of him remaining behind. Like a shadow.<br/><br/>Over the days that followed, he ate little and slept even less. It was much like before, when he was younger, but slower, though he was quite apparently wilting like a cut flower. Even the psychologist he was visiting noticed it, and asked him what is the problem. Though, there wasn't an answer to that, not really... The problem was the same as always, just now he came to realise it more.<br/><br/>"I see no reason to continue in existence. There is nothing but suffering and shallow fulfilment to it, a poor excuse to hide the emptiness it truly is." he responded to the question, carelessly stretched across the chair he was sat on. The woman opposite him sighed. "Didn't we talk about that before?" she asked sadly. He just shrugged.<br/>"There is nothing to say."<br/>"You're not letting anyone help you."<br/>"And how exactly do you think you can help me?" He gave her a glance of utter disdain and disappointment, and sled off the chair, standing up. Once again, he walked out without a greeting. He never said one, after all.<br/><br/>No, this couldn't go on like that. He was tired of even breathing... Empty, that's how he felt. So empty, jus a piece of trash of no use to anyone and anything. No reason to continue.<br/><br/>He delivered the paintings to the girl's apartment, but no one was opening the door to him, and so, he sled them under the door, leaving just a small note on the door. That evening, he took the site that he sold them on down, explaining that he isn't going to sell any more paintings, or deliver them.