dzzthink: Misato and Asuka share a serene moment with each other, with Asuka confessing scars of her own. Here, Asuka is no longer proud but vulnerable, showing empathy towards Misato's history.
UrsusArctos: The response came off to me as fearful and shameful rather than completely empathetic, with Asuka looking away and trying not to bond over past trauma. You'd imagine that Misato would've learned about Asuka's past in Germany and sought to empathize with her (after all, it's Misato who breaks the ice here), but that apparently hasn't happened either. We don't get to see the full extent of Asuka's past until Episode 22, and when we do, it is horrific.
