That smile does encourage him, although he doesn't go so far as to smile back. Instead, he drops his routine empty expression, and relaxes his shoulders.
"Fifteen years ago in my world, a group of humans found Adam's remains at the south pole. One of them touched it, and the contact roused him from his sleep momentarily and caused a massive explosion. The Earth was pushed into turmoil by the natural disasters that followed. It was not a good time for Lilim.
"Still, these meddlers did not halt their scientific interest in Adam, even after it had obliterated itself. They found a half-formed embryo floating in the sea water, among the remains of Adam's soul. But they didn't really know what they had. They were afraid that Adam would regenerate and resurrect itself, so they gambled by placing its soul into the dead embryo. That's when I was conceived."
Of course, this is part of what made Kaworu so special even as an angel - his human body, which is really nothing more than a vessel for Adam's loose soul. But this is enough as it is, without the added detail that the other angels were enormous otherworldly monsters.
"This group of humans - they were following a very ancient text, which prophecized Adam's explosion, and my birth, and the coming of more angels. If we succeeded, humans would be reduced back to the building blocks of life and the Earth would revert to Adam to be populated with his progeny instead. But, as could be expected of Lilim, they only saw opportunity in this. They named their organization 'Seele,' and set about applying concepts of scientific invention to the situation. They concocted a method to exploit the ancient rules for their own gain, to become gods free to reshape the world how they desired. And as a part of the predetermined series of events, my destiny would also be twisted and reenvisioned for their own purposes.
"So, they took me, still nothing more than a fetus, to one of their facilities in Europe to be raised. That's where I learned to speak, to walk, to play the piano. Where I learned about Lilim and how I was different from them."
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"Fifteen years ago in my world, a group of humans found Adam's remains at the south pole. One of them touched it, and the contact roused him from his sleep momentarily and caused a massive explosion. The Earth was pushed into turmoil by the natural disasters that followed. It was not a good time for Lilim.
"Still, these meddlers did not halt their scientific interest in Adam, even after it had obliterated itself. They found a half-formed embryo floating in the sea water, among the remains of Adam's soul. But they didn't really know what they had. They were afraid that Adam would regenerate and resurrect itself, so they gambled by placing its soul into the dead embryo. That's when I was conceived."
Of course, this is part of what made Kaworu so special even as an angel - his human body, which is really nothing more than a vessel for Adam's loose soul. But this is enough as it is, without the added detail that the other angels were enormous otherworldly monsters.
"This group of humans - they were following a very ancient text, which prophecized Adam's explosion, and my birth, and the coming of more angels. If we succeeded, humans would be reduced back to the building blocks of life and the Earth would revert to Adam to be populated with his progeny instead. But, as could be expected of Lilim, they only saw opportunity in this. They named their organization 'Seele,' and set about applying concepts of scientific invention to the situation. They concocted a method to exploit the ancient rules for their own gain, to become gods free to reshape the world how they desired. And as a part of the predetermined series of events, my destiny would also be twisted and reenvisioned for their own purposes.
"So, they took me, still nothing more than a fetus, to one of their facilities in Europe to be raised. That's where I learned to speak, to walk, to play the piano. Where I learned about Lilim and how I was different from them."