[His eyes narrow irritably. Such a convenient naivete. agreeing with Suzaku] And geass is only one of many deplorable weapons Britannia has never hesitated to use. So don't lecture me, Cornelia. I went out of my way to make sure no one else would ever be able to use this power against people.
[After standing by Schneizel's side and allowing him to use a tactical nuclear weapon to murder hundreds of thousands of people in Pendragon, among them the siblings and stepmothers whose lives Lelouch had spared, Cornelia preaching to him about monstrous powers and loyalty to family is almost too much irony to bear. He would be the last person who would ever claim geass was righteous, but Cornelia's worldview was limited -- corrupted by a poisonous empire and a war-stricken life. She thinks genocide is fine as long as you don't touch some sanctified realm of the mind. She thinks she can say that murder is somehow better than compulsion.
[Neither is forgivable.
[But he allows, after a beat,] The geass commands you carry now will have no future effects on you. Of those I have geassed, there is only one here whose geass can activate freely. [he lifts a hand, turns up his palm with fingers slanted towards Suzaku, a delicate gesture indicating him]