[ Her face cycles through a handful of expressions, like a deck of cards being shuffled, a slot machine flipping through the pictures, games of chances. In the span of a few seconds she goes from astonishment at the realization that someone as somber (sober, didn't she call someone else that once?) could let out a laughter so bright, before reverting behind the cover of offense at being laughed at, isn't that so? No, he's laughing at the entire human race and as such the insult is thinly distributed, and she loosens her grip on anger to turn thoughtful, eyebrows knitted to make sense of his perspective.
Misato has no desire that doesn't directly correlate with her self-imposed duty owed to her late father. It's personal, yes, very much so but that makes the burden no less light, the responsibility no less serious. But no, no, that's an easy lie to tell herself. All she has ever chased after are desires, the promise of absolution, that is no noble duty no matter how much she would like to believe it. Denial of desire is also a want.
She feels rather ashamed all of a sudden, bowing her head slightly and turning aside to find something else to pick up and fiddle with in hopes of hiding her face. Even then she can't resist looking back at him, her gaze as pointed as ever. ]
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Misato has no desire that doesn't directly correlate with her self-imposed duty owed to her late father. It's personal, yes, very much so but that makes the burden no less light, the responsibility no less serious. But no, no, that's an easy lie to tell herself. All she has ever chased after are desires, the promise of absolution, that is no noble duty no matter how much she would like to believe it. Denial of desire is also a want.
She feels rather ashamed all of a sudden, bowing her head slightly and turning aside to find something else to pick up and fiddle with in hopes of hiding her face. Even then she can't resist looking back at him, her gaze as pointed as ever. ]
What do you mean by your responsibility?
[ He called himself a guardian, didn't he? ]