Lelouch abstains because they've spent too long hurting each other and he's said maybe 1/4th of the things he could in canon already and that was too much
It's so hard to limit himself to six words, he wants to warm up with a long story about how he met Gino's father once and the resemblance is just striking.
But seriously why throw rocks when you live in such a fragile glass house, and he doesn't actually want to hurt Gino. Guilford he just flicks his fingers at vaguely, but if for some reason he was
(My Suzaku is sort of alarmed by the idea of hurting Gino... but if he pretends we're talking hurt him to make him leave (for say the Requiem), then maybe....... telling him with a straight face and
bridy
: Lelouch occasionally wonders how he won the pool of healthiest in this relationship, as the only one who won't stand around arguing he doesn't deserve happiness/love/etc
Nunnally...... is complicated tho. Living embodiment of the one thing he was good for for a long time, his reason for existing; also a reminder, mild though she was, that openly hating yourself hurts
And, even though Marianne was a narcissistic asshole, she still showered her kids with enough affection that they believed she loved them. Same probably can't be said for Genbu Kururugi.
or Guilfordthough?also
the geass had nothing to do with killing his dad
I can't even top that
alternatively: how about that prophecy?