Deleted Scene: Out for a walk

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Eva Proving Ground. The Geofront. The previous week.

Shinji skidded the Eva to a halt as they passed the final marker. It was kind of a weird sensation, he thought. Feeling out of breath when he hadn't even been the one running.

"Nicely done, Shinji," Ritsuko said cheerfully over the radio. "You exceeded Unit One's maximum speed by ten percent."

Shinji blinked. "Huh? But if it's the maximum speed, how could --"

"We don't really know how fast Unit One is, Shinji," Maya said. "The maximum speed we listed in the specs is just an educated guess, based on its leg dimensions and what we know from Unit Zero."

"We've never had the chance to run actual time trials like this before, after all," Ritsuko added.

"Huh." Shinji scratched the back of his head. He supposed that made sense. He glanced around the entry plug, then at the wide grassy field Unit One stood in the middle of. 

He wondered just how fast the Eva could really go, given the chance.

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