[It is. But Shintaro can understand. He and Ene set their own schedules before coming here, but since then it's been nothing but work. If someone's been in this his entire life like Shinji has, vacations must be nonexistent.]

Of course not. I'll pick a day where the most we'll be doing is sitting around headquarters anyway, and if he decides to message us I'll answer. You'll finish your homework, and we won't leave any assigned reports unfinished.

["Gendo won't give a shit what either of us do as long as we don't cause trouble or leave things undone," he doesn't say. Even then, he doesn't know how much the man would be bothered -- he has a feeling the man would consider even his own son expendable.]