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Originally Posted by Yot-chan
Then Mari's a character. She killed an angel and gave Shinji encouragement when he needed it (story contribution).
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...Did she really? All I heard in that scene was "Oh hey you're that other pilot whom I noticed was missing during the fight? What, you don't wanna fight? Okay, then you should get to safety. Here, let me give you a h-
OLY CRAP DID THAT ANGEL JUST DEVOUR UNIT 00?!"
...Slightly exaggerated that last part, but I really don't see any actual encouragement in there... To me it seemed like Shinji made the choice to return to the pilot's seat on his own upon seeing his friend/potential love interest getting swallowed by Zeruel.