[ it is hard to look at you right now, eijun, you're just too pitiful. shinji's hand settles between his new ears, drooping and sad as they are, to pat his head. he's even more doglike than usual today...

with a sigh, he scritches his fingers a little. ]

What, you're more worried about the ears than the tail? You're gonna have to cut holes in all of your pants, y'know.

[ that's... probably not helping, is it. ]

All right, breathe. We'll--we'll have to talk to Coach, we'll figure this out.

[ because admittedly, he doesn't really have much of an idea of how to handle this besides... keep eijun from crying, probably. or finding out if he can do the shiba inu scream now. that's the last thing he needs. ]