FGC:Episode 25 Scene 08

The Case of Asuka Langley Sohryu

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	282	TEXT:“CASE 2”
	283	ASUKA:“Where am I?” SHINJI:“This is the me that exists in your mind, Asuka.” ASUKA:“Which means, it's also the me that exists in your mind, right?”
	284	TEXT:“In the Case of Asuka Langley Sohryu”
	285	SHINJI (OFF):“Asuka, what do you want?”
	286	ASUKA (OFF):“I'm going to live on my own! I don't need Mom or Dad. I'm going to live by myself. I'm not going to cry anymore.”
	287	ASUKA (OFF):“But I'm still crying... Why am I crying?”
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	290	STEPMOTHER (OFF):“I don't know how to deal with that child.” FATHER (OFF):“What's this? You, a doctor, getting discouraged? It isn't like you.” STEPMOTHER (OFF):“Even doctors are human, as I have mentioned before.” FATHER (OFF):“But a woman like you having trouble with a child...” STEPMOTHER (OFF):“She's oddly mature, and there's a sense of vigilant and absolute rejection. It scares me sometimes. Haven't you ever felt that way, dear?” FATHER (OFF):“No. Anyway, you're Asuka's mother now.” STEPMOTHER (OFF):“But before that, I first became your wife.” FATHER (OFF):“You became both at the same time.” STEPMOTHER (OFF):“Yes, from a social standpoint, that's true. But you can never stop being that child's father, whereas I can quit being her mother at any time.” FATHER (OFF):“True enough.”
	291	CHILD ASUKA:“Don't, Mom! Don't quit being my mom! I'll be a good girl, so you'll like me!”
	292	CHILD ASUKA:“So, don't quit being my mom!”
	293	CHILD ASUKA:“So, look at me!”
	294	CHILD ASUKA:“Stop, Mom! Don't kill me!”
	295	ASUKA'S MOTHER:“Your dad doesn't love your mom anymore. He doesn't need me. No, he never loved me to begin with. He probably didn't need me from the start. So, die with me, because your dad doesn't need us.”
	296	CHILD ASUKA (OFF):“Am I a bother? Am I not needed?”
	297	MOTHER:“Please die with me.”
	298	CHILD ASUKA (OFF):“No! I'm not your doll, Mom! I'll think for myself and live on my own!”
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	301	ASUKA'S VOICE:“That time, my mom was hanging from the ceiling. The expression on her face looked very happy.”	UrsusArctos: Oh, this is absolutely real. Why is a suicidal person suddenly turning happy a serious warning? It means they've decided to carry through with their suicide. Just because most suicide attempts are failures doesn't make it less awful - all you need is one successful attempt, like this one - and it's over.
	302	ASUKA:“But I hated that look on her face. I don't want to die. I don't want to disappear. I hate boys. I hate Mom and Dad too! I hate everybody! No one will protect me. No one will stay with me.”
	303	TEXT:“What does she want?”
	304	ASUKA:“That's why I'm going to live by myself. But I don't want to! It's hard! I don't want to be alone! I don't want to be alone! I don't want to be alone!”
	305	SHINJI:“Don't forsake me.” MISATO:“Don't abandon me.” ASUKA:“Don't kill me.”	Mr. Tines: Seen (heard) more than once; though the next time it's all Shinji speaking

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