[ there is a small pause and Kaworu finally presses one of the piano keys, the sound echoing through the room. ]

After- [ after Instrumentality. But he doesn't say it ] - a while, I have come to realize that, while I cannot change my fate, I can decide how to live up until the point of meeting it.

[ this is not something he learned in Asgard. ]

Shinji-kun, my fate was to meet you, at that time. However, there are so many paths I could have taken in order to reach it. So many possibilities. There are infinite possibilities, infinite paths based upon my actions, that will all culminate with the fate I'm meant to follow.

I have the freedom to choose what path I wish to follow. I don't know if there is a right path and but I will keep going that path. The path I choose.

[ Kaworu presses the piano key again, and this time, it sounds like a soft melody ]

I came to understand that it's alright for me to follow it. Perhaps then, I can make you happier. [ Shinji, and everyone else he loves. ] That's why I will do whatever I can. [ including using his powers ]