action / god this is the slowest thread ever / but sooo worth it
[ he's... a little bit shaken that she doesn't seem to be reacting at all. the geass. it -- makes his skin crawl, and he chafes his hands together for a moment to dispel it.
determinedly, so that she'll at least know this part for whatever she winds up repeating (the whole point of this is what she might repeat, remember that Suzaku, focus): ]
I'm not -- proud of what I would have done. But when I went to meet with His Majesty, Lelouch was there as well. It's only because of him that I didn't... do what Prince Schneizel had asked of me.
[ technically true! you and your husband just stopped existing, Marianne. ]