[ Not that Suzaku would have had much luck with that hand. Upon reaching out for Lelouch that pet otter had already been scrambling up. On a shoulder. Teeth bared and whatever the equivalent of an otter hissing/snarling might be.
That's not really what gets Lelouch to stop. It's a thing that happens, honestly. The whole purpose had been to train the thing to protect him and those he cares for. So the thing is just doing its job. That name, though... That makes Lelouch pause and turn.
To look right into a mask he's worn so many times that he knows it better than his own home at Ashford. It's still odd - staring out and looking in instead of looking through it. That suit had been like a second skin to him and seeing it on another just doesn't seem right. But there's really only one person... ]
Suzaku?
[ He looks surprised. And also the realization that this might be not a good thing... If Suzaku is here then who else could have arrived with that group? ]
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That's not really what gets Lelouch to stop. It's a thing that happens, honestly. The whole purpose had been to train the thing to protect him and those he cares for. So the thing is just doing its job. That name, though... That makes Lelouch pause and turn.
To look right into a mask he's worn so many times that he knows it better than his own home at Ashford. It's still odd - staring out and looking in instead of looking through it. That suit had been like a second skin to him and seeing it on another just doesn't seem right. But there's really only one person... ]
Suzaku?
[ He looks surprised. And also the realization that this might be not a good thing... If Suzaku is here then who else could have arrived with that group? ]