I had just started to get bored waiting when Rei walked in. She muttered an apology as usual, and I smiled at her.<strong>"Hello, Rei. Well, most of us are here now, but you'd think the orchestrator of this whole debacle would be here on time!"</strong><em>That bitch. Where is she?</em><strong>"I don't suppose Ikari gave you any special orders, did he?"</strong>It would have been just like him to do that.