[He's patient for the explanation, taking it in as Setsuna brings it to light. Though it isn't entirely clear, he has a better idea. Or at least he assumes he does. It's a pretty picture he paints, and it isn't unlike the one he and Lelouch strove for. A world in some form of harmony--political, in their case. A world where tyranny doesn't strip away lives and cultures for the benefit of the motherland.
Zero's lips curve into a wry smile and that continued misunderstanding--one that makes sense, but all the same proves amusing in a way he'd not find in his own world. "Zero" was a symbol known worldwide, better in the eastern former-Britannian territories, and eastern Asia. His free hand lifts to rest on Setsuna's shoulder.]
I am both. There is meaning in being Zero; it's not a number, but a symbol.
[It just strips him of his identity. This is something he's mostly come to terms with, even as he struggles to live by it. It's an ongoing process.]
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Zero's lips curve into a wry smile and that continued misunderstanding--one that makes sense, but all the same proves amusing in a way he'd not find in his own world. "Zero" was a symbol known worldwide, better in the eastern former-Britannian territories, and eastern Asia. His free hand lifts to rest on Setsuna's shoulder.]
I am both. There is meaning in being Zero; it's not a number, but a symbol.
[It just strips him of his identity. This is something he's mostly come to terms with, even as he struggles to live by it. It's an ongoing process.]