Do remember, Dr. Akagi....

Rieka

That one causes the doctor to raise her eyebrows to her blonde hairline, let me tell you!

At first--if I am reading her correctly though she hides it--it appeared was to strike me for daring to try this. After all for a long time I knew that she blamed me, somehow, for her own mother's death. She had not been able to actually uncover the exact details of it because of Gendo's manipulations, but enough had been uncovered for her to suspect. Never mind that now she knows the truth that Gendo had tricked my younger self . . .

. . .

Wait, I do believe that I see the problem here, in a sense. It has been bothering me for quiet a while now. God, it is almost funny in a way, really! Simple.

Ritsuko Akagi may be described by many terms. Some which are not to be repeated in polite company by me (I said I offered a truce, not friendship for I fear I cannot ever consider her a friend for the part she played in . . .my "upbringing"). Though somewhat blinded by her prejudices (towards me), she IS a scientist. A scientist with a lot of a character faults, to be true, but she IS one.

Scientists live in nice, orderly worlds. A vast over-simplication, but there is a truth to that. Though perhaps incredibly grateful for having her mother back due to all this . . . insanity today at one level, she's perhaps very disoriented by it all!

Imagine: figures from a scifi show coming to life (and one of them judging you as unworthy of the title "doctor"). Dr. McCoy had been reported to have basically said that in deep disgust when finally meeting Dr. Akagi face to face after having learned from that one man named Gordon Freeman about . . . me. About all my still living "sisters" (soulless shells) down in the what I have heard some within my family call the "Riequarium".

First item: to first be confronted by something many may consider nothing but fugitives from a science fantasy series, showing it to be all too real.

Second item (which only relates to Dr. Akagi): then to be lambasted by one of the more vocal members of said escapees from a bad television series must have REALLY burned her bu . . . er . . . irked Dr. Akagi. Yes, to a dedicated scientist like Dr. Akagi, all that had very much been a double slap in the face for both items. For those at NERV, a lot of them found the mere existence of a Real Enterprise and crew . . . almost a slap in the face. True, some were laughing and saying "See, I told you it was all real!", but still. . .

Let us not talk about my family's part in all this. How almost all of them come from up until now were works of myth and fantasy. How .

Then there is an actual Angel over there . . .

And maybe I'm all wrong and Dr. Akagi just has not figured it all out yet... But whatever the case, right or wrong I've just got to be amazed how MUCH I learned from my big sister with that infusion of knowledge she'd given me back earlier (re: 62713).

The person I am now is what I should have been if not for certain . . . distasteful things done to me in my earlier incarnations, shall we say... I guess I should say I see the seeds of who am now within Rei I, even IF she . . . sure doesn't seem to have a relationship I have with my older sister.

What is up with that?

Hm, back to the matter at hand, which is getting a bit out of hand?

"Miss Akagi . . . Ritsuko," a voice says from the side, female. Tightly controlled. Anger present but reigned in, with more than a slight English accent my mother's voice. "As one woman to another. . ."

Rather cultured and educated sounding voice my mother has, I must say... So very polite even when addressing someone she has NO respect for, I see. And softly as to not draw any more attention than that of the intended recipients, I see.

Akagi and me, I mean are the intended recipients. Everyone else is not aware of this discussion. Or won't be aware unless the doctor here decides to start yelling in anger....

Mina

"Your mother is still amongst the living," I say softly, gesturing slightly towards Naoko Akagi (I almost choke on the honorific for addressing this . . . female) who is being brought up to date, increasingly looking flabbergasted with each passing second. "While given . . . everything you've done I cannot say that Rei would be wrong for not bothering with offering an olive branch."

She says that she felt a need to at least try. While she told me in private that she shan't even attempt a friendship with this . . . doctor, she did feel a need to at least settle accounts. A need to at least attempt to build bridges enough to be able to work together.

She feels that somehow in her Quest here good working relationships between old co-workers would aid in accomplishing her quest successfully. Do not know if that is really necessary I would rather just let almost the whole lot of NERV rot than do much more business with them. . . what a bunch of . . .

Of all the people within NERV, the only person who had ever done more for Reika here than treating her like just another EVA pilot (or a tool) had been her friend (and brother according to what Elrondir informs me): Shinji Akari.

Myself, I shall keep my peace but in my heart I cannot but loath this woman before me!

1. "Rieka did not have anything to do with the attempted murder by Gendo, I finish up. "Anything, that is but being an innocent and trusting little girl used as a means to an end."

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