Maybe Kai will be lucky, and a more substantial headpat will be dished out in the future. Someone has to try it eventually, right?

It might be a little much for Shinji right now, though, and since no attention was called to it, the moment passes without much thought on his end.

"Good." For certain. "I don't think I'd be able to do the same to you if you weren't taking care of yourself."

His stature is, ah, absolutely not suited to physically hauling someone off to a sick tent like that.