Golden eyes narrow upon Zero's (now former) ace as C.C. assesses her words, her tone, her expression. Something isn't adding up. For all she did or didn't do, let it be said that the witch was far more perceptive than she was often given credit for. And she perceives a hidden agenda at work here, or at the very least, something that isn't being said.
Her mind doesn't follow the same mechanical train of thought that Lelouch's proceeds along; instead, her attention is focused on Kallen rather than on her partner, on pushing for further details. No, she wants, needs to backtrack, has to clarify what was left muddled, confused, and perhaps purposely so. ]
Everything is done?
[ There's a way C.C. emphasizes everything that is immediately suspicious in itself, the insistent manner in which she meets Kallen's eyes, unmistakable, unshakable. Things being rebuilt. Things being rebuilt often meant destruction, and there was no destruction without death; she'd seen the rise and fall of enough empires to know this. And as for the nature of those deaths...
no subject
Golden eyes narrow upon Zero's (now former) ace as C.C. assesses her words, her tone, her expression. Something isn't adding up. For all she did or didn't do, let it be said that the witch was far more perceptive than she was often given credit for. And she perceives a hidden agenda at work here, or at the very least, something that isn't being said.
Her mind doesn't follow the same mechanical train of thought that Lelouch's proceeds along; instead, her attention is focused on Kallen rather than on her partner, on pushing for further details. No, she wants, needs to backtrack, has to clarify what was left muddled, confused, and perhaps purposely so. ]
Everything is done?
[ There's a way C.C. emphasizes everything that is immediately suspicious in itself, the insistent manner in which she meets Kallen's eyes, unmistakable, unshakable. Things being rebuilt. Things being rebuilt often meant destruction, and there was no destruction without death; she'd seen the rise and fall of enough empires to know this. And as for the nature of those deaths...
Apologetic. Sorry. Guilty.
Why? ]