UrsusArctos: Barely visible to the left of the screen is Rei's carbonized hand, frozen in the position of reaching out. "Kentucky Fried Rei" might be a bit too much for Colonel Sanders to sell, so it's good that she's mostly hidden in darkness...
Dr. Nick: Kentucky Fried Rei and Asuka's bath time in the next episode are two important scenes where the improved visual fidelity of the Renewal remasters really helped fandom to figure out what's actually going on. Before, you couldn't tell with certainty that it is indeed Rei's charred hand and arm at the bottom. The important lore implication is that her soul stayed with her dead body, and Nerv had to use some sort of technical means to transfer it to a new empty clone body, thus creating Rei III; her soul didn't just automatically jump into the next body like in Quantum Leap. Rei's soul is of course special, but in EoE it is confirmed that souls of normal humans linger with their earthly remains like this as well.
