"It's my job," Lelouch joked lightly, giving her hand a small squeeze. It was much easier to feel better about the situation now that Nunnally had gone along with his attempts to steer her and they were safely ensconced within the privacy of her room, but plenty of worry still lingered. If it happened again, while they were like this-- well, he would simply have to do his best to remain calm himself and hope that Suzaku continued to follow his lead. That seemed to be the most he could do.

"Suzaku was just telling me that he's from closer to your time than mine," he went on to say, stretching the truth only a little to try and keep them on lighter topics-- relatively, anyway. "It's starting to make me wonder if he's always going to end up leaving me behind. He did it when we were kids, too, remember?" He tossed another look at Suzaku. It was a fairly inane thing to be talking about when the knight still had so much catching up to do, but as long as those shadows on Nunnally's face remained, he didn't want to move on just yet. Suzaku's arrival should be celebrated at least a little while longer.