REI:“Man has always feared the darkness,
carving away at it with fire.”
dzzthink: I thought this was a quote Rei may have read from her books but it's actually something she says philosophically. This sort of plays into the theme of running away from pain in the series, as well as the irony in how it leads to more consequences. Similarly, there is a connection here between man's quest for light and Nerv's tragic quest to gain control of fate through the instrumentality project, which can also be narrowed down to Gendo's wish to reunite with Yui.
