Although she takes the ball, he doesn't remove his hands from it. She's just trying to cover up her anguish again. And she fails so miserably to keep it from Kaworu. Hands shaking, eyes unfocused, snappy short responses. To an untrained eye she was rude, to Kaworu, she was miserable.

"You are," he says with a small nod. How much more conversation should be encourage on this topic? He doesn't want to make her more unhappy, but he doesn't want her to think he doesn't care, either. "But it's something no one could blame you for being upset about. It's different from the rest."