1 - (For Everyone) [Shinji's never been good with large crowds. Walking through them always gave him a feeling akin to drowning. And so he walks fast, skirting the edges of the market, making a wide berths to avoid others. He doesn't know what he's looking for. All he knows is that he wants out of this packed marketplace and find somewhere where there wasn't so much strange people.
He keeps his head down as he fast-walks, barely aware of his surroundings. He may or may not be watching where he's going.]
2 - (For Asuka) [After awkwardly drifting around for a while, Shinji decides that he's done for today. He doesn't care much for socializing right now. All he wants to do is find his room, curl into bed, and pretend that this was all a bad dream.
And so, with shoulders hunched and arms clutched, he slowly heads back to the hold. It's freezing out here, compared to the eternal summer of his world, and his current clothes offer little protection.
He wishes that he had his SDAT player. The noisy drone of market activity and the new arrivals mingling only irritated and intimidated him.]
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[Shinji's never been good with large crowds. Walking through them always gave him a feeling akin to drowning. And so he walks fast, skirting the edges of the market, making a wide berths to avoid others. He doesn't know what he's looking for. All he knows is that he wants out of this packed marketplace and find somewhere where there wasn't so much strange people.
He keeps his head down as he fast-walks, barely aware of his surroundings. He may or may not be watching where he's going.]
2 - (For Asuka)
[After awkwardly drifting around for a while, Shinji decides that he's done for today. He doesn't care much for socializing right now. All he wants to do is find his room, curl into bed, and pretend that this was all a bad dream.
And so, with shoulders hunched and arms clutched, he slowly heads back to the hold. It's freezing out here, compared to the eternal summer of his world, and his current clothes offer little protection.
He wishes that he had his SDAT player. The noisy drone of market activity and the new arrivals mingling only irritated and intimidated him.]