"No," Kaworu answers, shrugging his shoulders helplessly. This is always an interesting conversation, but it's one he doesn't mind having. At least Billy doesn't have the same context that the Lilim who raised him back home did. They all wondered the same things, while simultaneously being terrified of him.

"Is 'compassion' and wanting to help people something that needs to be taught?" he asked. "If you think I have advice to give you about how you go about creating a new life for yourself, I don't - it's something, I'm afraid, that your kind struggles to discover for thesmelves."