The atmosphere so far had been relatively pleasant.
It wasn't necessarily Serana's intention to disrupt the nice mood, but she didn't exactly give a fuck about keeping it either.
Serana knew her mother was the sweetest, most gentle woman in the world.
That was why she had to be hard on people who tried to disparage her. There were a lot of people in the world who deserved such a thing, but Sei wasn't one of them.
Shinji seemed uncomfortable with Serana's rather inflammatory line of questioning. Understandably so.
The looks that the children had been giving him changed almost immediately.
"…I don't know that any answer would be a good one."
"Something is better than nothing."
Shinji didn't know if he could disagree with her there.
He looked out the window of their booth and stared into the street where cars drove by and people were walking in pairs along the sidewalks.
For some reason, he seemed almost nostalgic.
"I felt betrayed." He finally said.
