"It is. Now you'll have to try; you wouldn't want to have to swallow a thousand needles, would you?" Though she tried to keep her tone light, Nunnally's eyes were a little too bright, her smile wavering, and her quiet laugh had a little hiccup in the middle. The memory of the last time they'd made such a promise was quite clear, as was what it had led up to in the end.

Should she have even asked him to make the promise in the first place? No, of course she should have. Otherwise her alternative was to return to her world alone, and although Lelouch's plan seemed to be working so far, creating the more peaceful world for which she had wished, it was still empty. He wasn't there to share it with her, and that was the other half of her wish which would never be fulfilled. Not unless she could convince him to change the past. His future.