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[shinji faces a tall dark-skinned man whose impassive stare loses none of its intensity through orange tinted glasses.  at first, our boy hero looks troubled.  then he draws himself up to his full height and says,]


I'm not scared of you anymore.  I won't be scared of you ever again.  You might not have loved me, but that's okay.  I'm going to live for people who do.  I'm going to love myself although you couldn't even start liking yourself.



I won't be you!