[It makes sense to him. He thinks it makes sense, anyway, and it's important enough that he's sitting up straight and listening. He's already rolling those words around in his head and taking them to heart. And in that moment Rei, in fact, has just become cooler than she already was.]

...think I'll ever get to that point? [A light laugh.] I mean I'm not a magical girl or anything but...I'd like to be able to make sure people get to live an ordinary life and keep them safe without thinking about it.