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Extolling the Brave Chivalry of Youth¹

Before I met you, I was really just irritated.
I thought: "I want to change the world²,"
but though I lashed out, recklessly, I didn't actually believe I would be able to change anything.

When I lost my brother, it was like a heavy door had slammed shut behind me.
I wasn't going to let that go. I'd fight to the bitter end. There'd be no going back, I decided.
And then, someday, I'd die — just like my brother had.
To the end, Kouzuki Kallen would follow no leader, serve no master³.
Dimly, I'd thought that small, stubborn pride would be the end of me.
But then: like a morning star coming into view, you called for me⁴.

Whenever I was doing something for your sake, I felt lighter.
No battle was too difficult.
Whenever you directed us to a battlefield, I came running, wanting to be the first one there⁵.
I wanted to become a lion, to rip your enemies apart with my teeth.
To dirty myself with any amount of muck⁶, so long as it cleared the way for you.

It's strange, really, if you think about it.
It was supposed to be about loathing — and fighting against — Britannian despotism,
but before I knew it, I had all this personal loyalty to you⁷.

Hey, Lelouch.
That last moment we had together, with that kiss...
Well, if you'd said I love you⁸ back then, it wouldn't have mattered if it was a lie —
I still would have followed you all the way into your personal hell.
But you already knew that, didn't you?

Not very characteristic of you, was it.
Wasn't manipulating people by saying that sort of thing one of your talents...?
Yeah, that was so uncharacteristically... gentle.⁹
Is that what you were trying to say, when you told me to live on...?

Even though that sort of gentleness isn't at all why I fell for you¹⁰, heh¹¹.
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