❛ You can’t blame yourself. ❜
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Euphemia’s only sixteen -- there isn’t anything she could have done, or anything she can do now about what happened to Nunnally and her brother. But that doesn’t mean that she isn’t troubled, that she doesn’t hate that she can’t run to her sister and tell her that the siblings are alive after all. ‘ ... You can tell, huh? ’ She asks, instead of agreeing or disagreeing with her right away. ‘ I just ... Wish there was something I could do for the two of you, you know? ’ Even ignoring the secret she’s currently keeping, she wonders how safe it would be to try to bring Nunnally and Lelouch’s location and identities to the surface.
She reaches out and gently claps her half-sister’s hands in her own, giving them a gentle squeeze. ‘ I can’t even spend time with you properly without it turning into a mess. I was able to announce what I’ve been planning and thinking about, which is good, but ... I’m sorry, Nunnally ... ’