Shinji rejected Instrumentality, but he made so many mistakes. He has one last chance to set things right, to unravel everything and save what matters. A retelling or altering of the series, an altered version of Shinji with an altered past. Life takes a different path, but do all paths lead to the same destination? Is Shinji doomed to never know happiness?

Bigby lays near death after his fight with Bloody Mary. As he recovers in his apartments his father comes to visit... Set after episode 3 but before episode 4