I used to practice my English and Japanese by speaking out loud to myself, at night, after testing and everyone went home... I got tired of not hearing anything back. At least music isn't supposed to get a response.

[He's silent then. He doesn't want to think about this house being anything like the SEELE facility, even when it gets quiet. When Shinji-kun bumps his nose against Kaworu's leg, he smiles and drops down, to pet the lizard's head. It's easy to understand in that moment, why he would attach himself to a lizard that pays him affection and have no interest in determining if its dead or not.]

No, we're not alone. Everyone will be back. And we're together now.