[ Suzaku nods a little at the end, but then tilts his head. ]
I have known you to say and enact many lies, Lelouch. [ Evenly. Not the accusation it would have been the first day when Lelouch showed up, not by far. ] But they have two things in common. You believed them necessary, and you believed that you could maintain them as long as you needed them.
Even if lying to me with something neat and simple would, potentially, satisfy the first criterion, I would poke holes in it within a week, even without having to ask C.C.
The only reason that I would not would be if you give me a reason to accept whatever you might tell me, but... we both know that will be even more difficult than maintaining the lie, even here.