[ His own heart is pounding so hard he has to try several times before he can actually be sure he feels it, and then his own eyes blur with tears. Lifts a trembling hand to scrub them dry, then shivers and eases back just a little.
He has to. He has to get them both out of here. There's something wrong with this place. The realization feels both distant and stark.
—Okay. Okay, just going to... gather Lelouch up. And...
Oh. There aren't actually that many stairs left above them. It seemed like so many more before...?
His grip on Lelouch tightens and he turns to take the remaining stairs at almost a run, just let him out of this place— ]
cw: suicide/suicide-adjacent, racism
He has to. He has to get them both out of here. There's something wrong with this place. The realization feels both distant and stark.
—Okay. Okay, just going to... gather Lelouch up. And...
Oh. There aren't actually that many stairs left above them. It seemed like so many more before...?
His grip on Lelouch tightens and he turns to take the remaining stairs at almost a run, just let him out of this place— ]