SHINJI (OFF):“it was like a mother.
Maybe you'd be really good
at being a housewife, Ayanami.”
UrsusArctos: Is Rei visibly embarrassed because Shinji's comment is so reactionary, or is it because she's missing the maternal part of Lilith's soul and can't understand him? (I wonder whether Shinji would think of her as maternal if he saw her old body at the end of this episode...)
thewayneiac: The way she's reacting makes it seem more like she thinks he's suggesting she be the mother of his children.