Suzaku nodded at Lelouch's analysis of the time thing. That made sense, and while he was still interested in the subject because of how it might relate to figuring out how to get back to their own time, researching it might be a waste of effort. That kind of methodical analysis wasn't his style, anyway, and not even Lelouch's, really. It was something they might be able to use later on, but Suzaku would rather spend his time doing something than carefully investigating some phenomenon he probably wouldn't even understand.
He was far more interested in what Lelouch had to say next. How could you use it accidentally. . . ? He barely had time to wonder before he processed what Lelouch was saying. Geass weakened? That was more threatening than almost anything else so far. Suzaku hadn't wanted to think about that possibility, thinking he was just being paranoid, but this meant they were dealing with a serious enemy. And with less of the advantages they would normally have at their disposal -- however Suzaku felt about the power of Geass personally, it was a good weapon, and they were going to need everything they could get. He couldn't afford to indulge his personal feelings on this matter, the distaste he felt at the bare mention of Geass, and he had to consider this with a certain detachment. Just as one of any assets he might have going into battle.
"I've heard a couple things about people's normal abilities being weakened here -- from M.E. on the board, and a girl I was with last night said something vague about it. If it's not specific to you and your Geass, it might be something more than contacts. And if these people are all from different dimensions, we don't know what kind of abilities they might have. If the Institute has some universal way of suppressing things like this, that's even worse than the interdimensional and time travel thing. If you find out anything more about your limitations, could you keep me posted?"
Lelouch had mentioned nothing of this before, but of course he hadn't had much of a chance to test the Geass at that point, and they'd had more urgent things to discuss. Not to mention that Lelouch still barely trusted him, Suzaku could tell. At least Lelouch was telling him these things now, but it would best if Suzaku could know everything about the Geass, if they were going to work together efficiently. Suzaku had to be able to take into account Lelouch's exact limitations.
"Anyway, I found out some more things about our location. Apparently we're in New Jersey and it's 2006, in some universe where this is America, not Britannia. I heard about the town too, and there are also some ruins around here." He hesitated for a second, but for now he'd just make his report; he could get to explaining why the ruins were significant later.
"And I also found out a way to get to Martin Landel -- through the basement. There's a staircase under a tile in the cold storage room, behind the kitchen. Seems like he's well-protected, and there are some 'challenges' we have to go through first, but we might learn something from trying. At least that route is open to us if we need it.
"Oh, and --" he flipped through Lelouch's notes on the clubs again "-- I talked to someone from Arts and Crafts. I thought you might want an inside opinion. Didn't get much out of it, just that she thinks it's pretty efficient and protects its members well, and that they had a recent change in leadership. She said the old leaders died." Pleasant. Suzaku had only been here a day and he already hated it.
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He was far more interested in what Lelouch had to say next. How could you use it accidentally. . . ? He barely had time to wonder before he processed what Lelouch was saying. Geass weakened? That was more threatening than almost anything else so far. Suzaku hadn't wanted to think about that possibility, thinking he was just being paranoid, but this meant they were dealing with a serious enemy. And with less of the advantages they would normally have at their disposal -- however Suzaku felt about the power of Geass personally, it was a good weapon, and they were going to need everything they could get. He couldn't afford to indulge his personal feelings on this matter, the distaste he felt at the bare mention of Geass, and he had to consider this with a certain detachment. Just as one of any assets he might have going into battle.
"I've heard a couple things about people's normal abilities being weakened here -- from M.E. on the board, and a girl I was with last night said something vague about it. If it's not specific to you and your Geass, it might be something more than contacts. And if these people are all from different dimensions, we don't know what kind of abilities they might have. If the Institute has some universal way of suppressing things like this, that's even worse than the interdimensional and time travel thing. If you find out anything more about your limitations, could you keep me posted?"
Lelouch had mentioned nothing of this before, but of course he hadn't had much of a chance to test the Geass at that point, and they'd had more urgent things to discuss. Not to mention that Lelouch still barely trusted him, Suzaku could tell. At least Lelouch was telling him these things now, but it would best if Suzaku could know everything about the Geass, if they were going to work together efficiently. Suzaku had to be able to take into account Lelouch's exact limitations.
"Anyway, I found out some more things about our location. Apparently we're in New Jersey and it's 2006, in some universe where this is America, not Britannia. I heard about the town too, and there are also some ruins around here." He hesitated for a second, but for now he'd just make his report; he could get to explaining why the ruins were significant later.
"And I also found out a way to get to Martin Landel -- through the basement. There's a staircase under a tile in the cold storage room, behind the kitchen. Seems like he's well-protected, and there are some 'challenges' we have to go through first, but we might learn something from trying. At least that route is open to us if we need it.
"Oh, and --" he flipped through Lelouch's notes on the clubs again "-- I talked to someone from Arts and Crafts. I thought you might want an inside opinion. Didn't get much out of it, just that she thinks it's pretty efficient and protects its members well, and that they had a recent change in leadership. She said the old leaders died." Pleasant. Suzaku had only been here a day and he already hated it.