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[ his lips turn up a tiny bit. not genuine amusement, though. ] Yeah. I do. I think Lelouch does, too. [ at least, he definitely hopes so. and he could add that those were different times -- that when Lelouch first took control over Guilford, he was cornered and desperate -- but he's wary of defending it too much. he doesn't want to sound blindly loyal or incapable of admitting that Lelouch could ever do anything wrong. ]
But it's also -- insurance. And he might be reluctant, in this situation, to give it up.