[Kaworu manages to pull his gaze away from Mariana with a shake of his head. No, he doesn't notice anything. He recognizes them thanks to his interactions with the Old Man and so generally knows the order, at least that part is straight forward.

He turns back to go stand next to Paul, reaching over to give the taller boy's arm a few gentle taps, before turning his attention to Sayo.]

So should we get the ones that are closest out of the way? Or move the furthest ones? At most, they can only be six out of place.

[He watches Sayo. There's something... something about this he doesn't like at all. Not really her attitude. The flippancy doesn't bother him even though he's not above the pot calling the kettle black. It's just... the contrast of their first interaction and then this one. It's like she shed her skin like a snake.]

You're different from the girl back on the beach. What happened?