Evangelion 1.0 3.0 -

The sea was normal. Blue. Salty. No LCL.

The battle that followed wasn't against Angels or EVAs. It was against memory. Shinji dodged a lance of light that was actually the first sunset he'd ever watched with Toji and Kensuke. He parried a blast that tasted like Misato's coffee, lukewarm and kind. Asuka fought beside him—both Asukas: one screaming in German, the other silent, her eyepatch weeping tears of LCL. evangelion 1.0 3.0

Behind him, the Wunder was just a boat on the horizon. In front of him, Tokyo-3 was rebuilding—not as a fortress, but as a home. The sea was normal