Scripsit illa aut ille Disaster <disaster@disfanfic.net>:
> > > I think she is referring to Shinji's class generally, rather than any
> > > specific group of pilots. Rei is only 10 after all, Kaoru comes in at
> > > the end and is 15. Asuka is either 14 when the series starts and 15
> > > when it ends, or 13 when it starts and 14 when it ends, likewise
> > > Touji and Hikari would probably be in the same boat.
> >
> > Right, that's also possible. But I still think it's impossible to say
> > anything about Rei's "age": when do you start counting the years of Rei?
> > Can't I also say that Rei III was younger than one year at the end?
> 
> Well, as all the clones were born at the same time and they all grew at
> the same rate even if most of them did not have a soul. They are all the
> same age.

That's correct if you mean the _body's_ age. But there are more
possibilities to start counting:

- as soon as the soul comes into the body
- as soon as the soul was 'created'

Normally these three ways to count the years result in the same age. But
when talking about Rei II or III, they're all different.


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