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get recommendations. However, life keeps throwing more urgent
projects my way, so I don't know when it'll be ready.
Part of the problem with the Ree, Shinji has realized, is that they might not understand what a clone is. Admittedly, he doesn't either. General education that he receives- and society at large- is not set up to explain situations like theirs. But Asuka has explained to him this sort of thing, and he's much more likely to listen to explanations from his girlfriend while he's trying to get her to sit down and not do all the chores than he is to listen to his teacher.
A clone, she explained, is a copy on a genetic level. This is different than a physical copy, because genetics are one of many factors that lead into appearance. There are environmental factors and other factors which go into appearance, so a normal clone is a could-have-been of the original on the genetic level.
Shinji blinks. Normal clone. Yeah.
But in any case, the Ree are not exact copies of his mother mixed with DNA from the marshmallow monster kept in the basement. For all the general impression they have- possible encouraged by NERV- they are not clones. They are children of his mother and Lilith, using her own eggs combined with something taken from Lilith in order to make them, well, them.
NGE: Nobody Dies, Chapter 107
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