User blog comment:07610/In the background: Karu's parents?/@comment-5714639-20130621175812/@comment-07610-20130621181542

Is the woman really going over to the other man, or is he just randomly there? Hmm...

I saw what you wrote about Karu not being fond of Ouka...but the fact that he left her to fight Ayanami doesn't necessarily mean that he cares less for her than for Teito. After all, she volunteered to fight Ayanami, and Karu was just acknowledging her wish to fight Ayanami.