Ikari:“I called you because I have a need for you.”
Shinji:“Why me?”
Ikari:“Because no one else can.”
Gundampilotspaz: Kind of an insult and a complement in one, huh?
OMF: (218~228) Gendo and Shinji seem to be doing some heavily obfuscated bonding here. Both are carefully probing one another. Shinji wants confirmation, which he gets, but when he pushes his luck and seeks support, Gendo won't have any of it.
