Frazzled, annoyed, and several other states, I turned to Asuka.<strong>"Worse,"</strong>I said apologetically.<strong>"You're going to have sex with Shinji on an examination table, in a bright white room, with cameras all around you."</strong>I tried my best to lighten the blow with my tone, but there was no sense in sugarcoating something that was going to happen in a few hours at most.<strong>"We leave in half an hour. Might want to clean up a bit."</strong>Sighing, I turned from the... displeased... Asuka and walked to Shinji's door. Rapping my knuckles on the door, I spoke loudly, to be sure and wake him up.<strong>"Hey, sleepyhead! The day you've been dreaming about is here! We're going into NERV in 30 minutes!"</strong>I wondered again if I was a horrible woman for going along with this so easily... but then I reminded myself that that was something Ritsuko would say, and dismissed the idea entirely.<em>Best to jump in with both feet...</em>