Okay. Only a little timeline bullshit, then, but Shinji's not planning to tell any of SEES that 'Kotone' wasn't even the name he knew for her first. (The difference between Minako and Kotone is not Kotone's fault and he refuses to make it her problem.)

"Yeah, she found me pretty quick too, when I got here. Yukari and Ken are around - Ken's got Koro-chan with him. You missed Aki. You also missed Takaya, but good fucking riddance there." Clearly, Shinji punched Takaya right out of this dimension, and he'd do it again.

"You think I was dead, or not?"