UrsusArctos: If Naoko strangling Rei 1 was the woman (Casper) part of her personality rejecting the woman who was not her and who resembled her hated rival, the look of absolute horror on her face - a "My God, what have I done?!?" look if I ever saw one - is the result of the maternal (Balthasar) part of her personality reacting in utter horror to her murdering a child. Naoko as a woman rejected another, and now Naoko as a mother rejects herself. The part of her personality that went into the Magi Casper, the part of her that rejects others violently, leaves open the gateway to absolute mayhem in End of Evangelion.
