Rei Ayanami
The First Child - Rei Ayanami
Qoutes: "Am I The One Crying?"
Unlike Shinji, Toji and Asuka, Rei was not born in a natural way. She didn't even have a real mother and father. She was created in a laboratory in the Geofront. She was born in 2004, right after Yui Ikari's death. Gendo used tissue from both Yui and Lillith to create Rei, which made her half human and half Angel. Rei was mass produced. One Rei was picked out as the "real" Rei and was supplied with a soul. The rest of the Reis were used in the Dummy Plug System, though all of the Reis aged.
However, Rei died twice. When the "real" Rei died, her soul was injected into another Rei. This Rei was the new "real" Rei. She would have all of the memories of the previous Rei(s), but still, they wouldn't be hers. All of this made Rei cold and nonchalant. She did not fear affection, but she didn't crave it either. She never showed any real emotions either, with an acception of three cases; one in rage, one smile and once a flush. The only she smiled was right before the battle with Ramiel, the fifth Angel. Rei didn't speak, either, if not necessarry.
The first Rei, Rei I, only reached a low age. She was only a child when she angered Naoko Akagi. In a fit of rage, Naoko Akagi strangeled Rei and killed her. Rei II died while battling Armisael. Arimisael merged with Eva Zerogoki's arm and gave Rei a new ability, the ability to cry. She sacrificed herself, while protecting Shinji, by self-destructing Eva Zerogoki, with herself in it. Rei III died in The End Of Evangelion. She merged with Lillith and then joined all of the AT-fields of the world into one. However, Shinji rejected her and killed her while escaping.
Since Rei was half Yui and half Lillith, Gendo cared for her. But Rei's heart belonged to another one, Shinji. But she didn't not love in romantically. She loved her as a mother. During The End Of Evangelion, Rei rejected Gendo and merged with Lillith and set off to "help" Shinji.
Rei Ayanami thought that the only purpose she had in the world was to pilot Eva. That was why she was created. That was why she was kept alive. She thought that if she didn't pilot Eva, she wouldn't be allowed to live anymore.
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