[murmuring] We were much younger then. [just children whose worlds were completely shattered]
--More recently. Shortly before I took the throne, there was an immense explosion that killed millions of people in Tokyo. [a beat, but still, collected] Nunnally was there. I was led to believe that she had been killed.
Months later, before my arrival here, I still hadn't learned any better.
[Kaname wasn't here then; wasn't here when Nunnally arrived; so he wouldn't know how desperately difficult it had been for Lelouch to reconcile that. and even with just that information, he couldn't be expected to understand how hard it had been to face her, how much he had wanted to hide]