I haven't seen EoE yet myself, but isn't Adam implanted in Gendo's hand?

"Andrew Blyth" <Andrew@blytha.fsbusiness.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Okay, so the original Angel-Adam was shrunk and kept somewhere in NERV in
a
> box. Shinji is the new Adam (maybe, although there's a lot of crucifix
> imagery).
>
> What happened to the old Adam in End of Evangelion?
>
> I'm wondering if Adam wasn't actually stored inside Rei or something. It'd
> be a cool hiding place and maybe explain why she's so special (other than
> the fact she's a clone probably made out of bits of Lilith). It would also
> explain what Gendo was reaching for inside Rei (i.e. to get Adam) and why
> Rei needed to merge with Lilith before Lilith could merge with the new
Adam.
>
> Am I talking complete rubbish?
>
> Any ideas?