Yo! You are surprisingly right up Deren's ally. He got mildly annoyed with you but was able to work through it without completely snapping and that for him is a big thing. He thinks you're smart, and pretty damn mature about the situation you're stuck in. You were also really helpful to him and that meant a lot to him.

The more he gets back on his Gundams the more he'll want to figure out what the hell is so different about your Eva's. Especially as an Engineering major, he wants to look at them to see how they work~ Which he knows will be super hard but he will find a way! /o/

On a side note, I love how you are handling Rei, I was excited to get a tag from her and the thread panned out amazingly. One of those little instances of 'wow this is a lot of fun and I didn't even plan it!'.