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[king]

[ Arthur's hands are shaking, and therefore, so is the Forge. But it's obvious, even in the dim light, that he's blood-spattered. But underneath the gore sluiced across his face, his jaw is firmed, his breathing slow and deliberate. ]

I'm so sorry. If I'd realized, I never would have —

[ No, he needs to start earlier than that. ]

If — someone who knows Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks could collect their bodies from the ruins...

[ No, that's not the place either. He swallows, hard, guilt shadowing his eyes. ]

[ Filter: Priscilla, Byakuya. ]

I have done — a terrible thing. I'll be stepping down from my position as Vice Commander, of course. And I would like to turn myself in to be judged at Themis.

Someone will have to be assigned to bring in Bellatrix. She fled into the Mist. I honestly thought she was no longer a threat to anybody, but I was wrong.

I've been wrong in a lot of things.

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[Private // Voice]

[strategizing]

[Lelouch knows that broken trust makes the betrayal all the more bitter.]

She must be found before she can answer for what she has done. I do not know what happened to change her before, if she truly changed, or why she has changed again.

[Private // Voice]

[king]

I know some people are looking for her, but I'm sure more would be welcome. Regardless of ... anything else, she must be tried.

[Private // Voice]

[strategizing]

Then I will see what I can do.

What will you do, Arthur? [If he were going to search, he would have surely included himself in "some people".]

[Private // Voice]

[king]

I've turned myself into Commander Kuchiki. I'll await trial in Themis.

[ What else can he do? He must trust in the justice system here. ]

[Private // Voice]

[strategizing]

Is that really necessary? [It was a mistake, an accident. Is a trial necessary in a case where it can be ascertained that it was nothing more than that?]

[Private // Voice]

[king]

Of course it is. You have nothing more than my word that the attack was no deliberate. Two people are dead — there must be a trial.

[ And whether he is given an official acquittal or the chance to serve his penance, Arthur feels his own guilt will be greatly relieved. ]

[Private // Voice]

[strategizing]

I would trust in your word, but I take your point. A trial would prove it more fairly to Anatole at large.