[Rei frowns again, though it's more pensive than anything else. He's... a little bewildered, to be honest. They're fuming, sure, but not for the reasons he expected. What happened to hating him? What is this emphasis on keeping the team for? This made more sense when Rosho was just yelling.

He is silent for a long moment, just looking between the two of their identical expressions.

Finally:]

All that, and you're still gonna keep me on? [Rei was so certain, so certain they'd move on from him if he gave them a chance to confront him-- Sasara in particular: he's had enough suffering at the hands of the mics already. So what the hell??

Rei has to press the issue. He has to be sure.]

Did you forget already? It's true that I'm the engineer behind the Hypnosis Mic. I'm not going to stop with just that. And you're just okay with it?