[If Rei couldn't teleport, she would have been reluctant to go along with the suggestion, no matter how short an interruption going there might be. Her self-control is pretty tenuous as it is, especially now that Rei is holding her more tightly and speaking in that husky tone. But while bathing together doesn't have the same cultural significance to her, being in and around water in general has enough importance in her culture to make it an attractive option as well.]

We could do both? But I don't mind going directly to the bath, as -- as long as you know that I don't intend to...l-let up on you, wherever we are.

[She gives Rei a kiss on the cheek in return to punctuate the sentence. It seems her first intentions around stimulating, rewarding intimacy don't have much to do with bathing -- unless Rei disagrees, she feels that the bathing can come after.]