It's sincere and it's a shame that Baren's a sucker for that when it comes from someone he likes, respects, trusts. Given the way that Baren has taken to latching onto people after the fire, it's not even like he feels the urge to turn the offer down out of pride.]
[ all of that is reciprocated, for the most part, despite how lelouch is pretty much selectively honest with most people and outright cagey with people who he considers passing acquaintances and hey
you know what?
it's also a lot easier to play off nonchalance over text ]
why, are you feeling sorry for me? it's nothing, don't worry about it
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It's sincere and it's a shame that Baren's a sucker for that when it comes from someone he likes, respects, trusts. Given the way that Baren has taken to latching onto people after the fire, it's not even like he feels the urge to turn the offer down out of pride.]
what
did you get stood up tonight?
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you know what?
it's also a lot easier to play off nonchalance over text ]
why, are you feeling sorry for me?
it's nothing, don't worry about it
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[and you might?? think that's the end of it???
but to be honest baren takes it then that Lelouch isn't Preoccupied and therefore it's fair to say]
be over in 30
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kay
[ it's not like. he's going to question baren SO. ]