[Harder, now. Angrier. More insistent. He's still evading.]

As you said, the people made Zero who he was, and therefore he belongs to them. Not to Lelouch. They wouldn't have chosen you for their saviour yet you have not only claimed the right -- [A deliberate repetition.] -- to their admiration and their faith in Zero, but you have also accepted more power and more influence over the entire world than Lelouch ever held. To make such a decision for every individual who supports peace... it is an arrogant move -- the kind that's typically made only by the power-hungry and self-serving. It is an usurpation.