Kensuke, filming with a portable video camera, with one of the helicopter's front seats in the foreground.
KENSUKE:“If not for this I would never have had a chance to fly on one. Man! It's important to have friends, right, Shinji?”
I presume Rei wasn’t invited because someone had to stand guard at headquarters.
Kensuke turns around to look at Shinji, seeking his agreement, but Shinji can't hear him over the sound of the helicopter.
SHINJI:“Eh-?”
MISATO:“I was thinking that...”
