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[he murmurs something equally polite and meaningless in response and takes the few steps into the living room, and his gaze narrows briefly as Kaname walks off. no board means they won't be playing here. (then where...?) (was it a trap, a ruse, some sort of bait) (or he had said "my room"; Lelouch had assumed he meant in the shelter, but it could be literal) (his room?) --and hypothetically, they won't be staying here. after a cool beat he takes a single high-backed occasional armchair close to the entrance, and sits with one leg folded over the other, expectant.
[he's taking off his communicator as Kaname returns. he can use Japanese; it seems obviously like a language Kaname should speak, and Lelouch speaks it with native fluency and the barest of accents, so it's the natural choice. he doesn't want the communicator's distraction. calmly] Are we having tea first and moving to your room after, or are we taking tea there?