I paused to look around and then shrugged.  It's not like anything I was going to bring was going to change what was going to happen.  Nor would protesting help, something that Asuka apparently hadn't figured out.<br/><br/>While Misato was waiting, I went out to the hallway and stood waiting just inside the apartment.  I pointedly avoided looking at the other occupants of the apartment.  Things were past the point of discussion.