[She sighs, trying to overlook his arrogance for the sake of keeping her temper in check.]
I am not so foolish as to believe that, Lelouch. And neither are you. As I just said, there are things I have done in which I am unable to take back. You needn't waste your breath lecturing me on such matters. I have not applauded or justified our efforts, only criticized yours as being even more vile and debased. Admittedly, I was unaware of Schneizel's plan to obliterate all of Pendragon with FLEIJA. Had I known what he aimed to do, I would have opposed his efforts. [But their brother had anticipated this, of course, and thus her attempts had been futile.] I no longer believe that the world should be controlled through fear and devastation. However, I feel that a power which manipulates the minds of people and violates their human dignity is far worse.
Let me reiterate my point, since it seems you have misunderstood. While we also were in the habit of using corrupt methods, we have never benefited from an alien power that we were not able to understand. We have never fought with weapons that we lost control of. And I have never... [She pauses for a moment.] ...intentionally taken the life of my own flesh and blood.
[Her voice lowers, tightening in her throat, and she lifts her sword up, with the hilt just below Suzaku's nose.] Take it and step aside. I have no intentions of laying another finger on him.
[Lelouch's words, regardless of how composed she may look on the outside, have shaken her. The answers that she had searched for, he has them all. Or so it would seem. But in ways that she may never want to admit to him, she understands everything he is saying. That they were both wrong. That she had spent nearly her entire life strengthening her mind and body out of sheer ignorance. That she allowed herself to be manipulated by others because her beliefs were skewed. She's been keeping so much from Euphemia to protect her, but how much does her sister really know? How much has she been hiding from her all along? It hurts to know that secrets must be kept between the two, but the only way Cornelia knows to rectify that would be to eliminate the hatred she feels for her brother in her heart. A feat that hardly seems possible. But she will do everything in her power to see that her sister is happy.]