MURDER, DENIAL, ATTENTION, EXPOSURE, DECEIT, INFERIORITY, WORRY, JEALOUSY, LUST, REJECTION...

Those are things that have always been a part of being human, of being anything.

Don't be so surprised, City.

There are always secrets. And there always will be.

( Private to Lelouch; Unhackable )

Well.

I had been missing Cheese-kun.

Is what we desire what we love, or do we fall deeper in love with desire itself?

With the state of things in this City, one really has to wonder ( Read more... )

Who's to say, when God leaves?

Every new year is simply the day after the last day of the last year.

Every day is followed by another day, none more important than the others, only given significance when humans see fit to attach it.

Celebrate your New Year. There will only be so many more to come for you.

[a soft, soothing voice]

Shhh, Mao. It's alright. I'm here, aren't I?

[humming, still low and gentle]

Nothing will harm you as long as I'm with you.

Just remember, Mao. Listen to my voice.

Is everyone happy, now?

Holidays, snow, and presents.

It's all it takes, to make you happy, isn't it?

Do you know why the snow is white, City?