You are not alone. [Though still a balm, Kaworu makes this statement firm: he's as serious about this as he is about making Shinji happy.] To live and to love is to lose. There is no painless option, and there's no relationship without sadness. [His thumb swipes softly underneath one of Shinji's eyes, catching the remnant of a tear.] But you are not alone, [he says, quiet and certain.]