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All you knew was that Euphie was dead, that I had shot her, and that my geass was responsible for the tragedy that was set off in her name. That I then took advantage of it and used it for a political cause.
And you weren't wrong about any of that. [shakes his head] You don't have anything to apologize for. Even though you didn't fully understand, and even if your instincts told you otherwise-- [and though maybe a tiny part of him is glad to hear it, because he can still remember Suzaku spitting out the accusation that he never should have existed, that he should have known that Lelouch would betray the world he'd always hated, and even though the sting of those words is long faded, it's somehow a relief to know that even in the heat of the moment he hadn't really, wholly meant it] --you weren't wrong.
Just hurt. [softer. takes a step closer to put his fingers over Suzaku's and gently nudge Earnest's head away]