SHINJI:“Miss Misato, the tears won't come.
I feel sad, but the tears just won't come.”
MISATO:“Shinji, this is about all I can do for you right now.”
dzzthink: Poor Shinji. If he wasn't completely isolated at the start of this episode, I can understand he must feel numb at this point. Rei if anything was his confidant and someone he felt a kinship with.
UrsusArctos: While I wouldn't call Rei his "confidant", he certainly had been opening up to her and he does put two and two together about the "kinship" part very soon...