SHINJI (MONO):“I can't go see Ayanami. I don't have the courage for it.
I don't know how I'm supposed to face her.
Asuka, Miss Misato, Mother...
What should I...”
Mr. Tines: He only has women to call upon, and those only rhetorically; all male companions have been taken away. At this point we realise that the pilots never interacted directly with the bridge bunnies.