Hey.
What is it?
What are dreams?
Dreams?
Yes, dreams.
[A shot of people in a movie theatre. After a few seconds, a white text, reading "Does it feel good?", appears. Afterwards, a shot of the three voice actresses for Rei, Asuka, and Misato (from left to right, respectively: Megumi Hayashibara, Yuko Miyamura, and Kotono Mitsuishi) is shown]
I don't understand. I don't understand what reality is.
You can't bridge the gap between your own truth and the reality of others.
I don't know where to find happiness.
So you only find happiness in your dreams.
Then... this is not reality? This world where no one exists?
No. It is only a dream.
Then I don't exist here either.
This convenient fabrication is your attempt to change reality.
Is that wrong?
You were using fantasy to escape reality.
Why can't I dream that I'm alone?
That is not a dream. That is a substitute for reality.
[Another shot of the theatre. A few seconds later, the scene dissolves into a shot of the same theatre, now empty]
So where is my dream?
It is a continuation of reality.
But where is my reality?
It is at the end of your dream.
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