She kissed him intensely. Their lips electric. Her hands snaking up, her fingers digging through his hair and from there into his head probing his brain. Silence the thoughts. He could hear the voices of doubt in his mind ringing, growing louder. The hate from his family, the inadeuquacey he felt from Mika's father. The doubt in himself.
"Silence them, Shinji." a voice commanded. "Silence them all."