Lloyd Asplund quotes from Code Geass

Lloyd Asplund

So, are we having a bad day?! Looks like you missed a chance to go to heaven, Private Kururugi.

Lloyd

Good, now we're free of all this hellish paperwork.

Lloyd Asplund

A-ha!

What are you doing?

Lloyd

Looking at a man who blundered, am I right?

[riled] Why, you—!

Lloyd

You really screwed this one up. Terrorists came along and stole whatever it was that you and Prince Clovis were secretly working on. Retrieving it is simple, but you want to sweep up all their compatriots in addition. Let the terrorists go, and you can find their hideout, too. [turns to his assistant, Cécile Croomy] Congratulations! Your reasoning was spot-on!

It was nothing. I just thought it was strange.

Lloyd Asplund

Good afternoon!

What is it?! We're in the middle of an operation!

Everyone lower your weapons at once! In my name, I command you!

Kewell

It can't be!

I am Euphemia li Britannia of the Empire, and the Third Princess of the Royal Family!

Suzaku

(gasps) Euphie!

I'm assuming command here, now fall back!

Jeremiah

It is her, it's the princess.

Didn't you know it was her, Lloyd?

Lloyd

Uh-huh, but she's been a student up until now, and doesn't need a public debut yet.

Kewell

We... We're truly...! We're truly sorry, Your Highness!

Suzaku

Milady! I had no idea who you were. Please forgive me, Princess!

Euphemia

Suzaku, you and I bear similar deep pain. You have lost your father as I have lost my brother.

Euphemia

Will you let me help you in your quest ensure that no one ever again has to suffer the lost of a loved one on the battlefield?

Suzaku

Yes, I'm... I'm not worthy of your kindness!

People! Fear us, or rally behind us as you see fit! We are the Black Knights!

Black Knights?

Lloyd

Ironic, isn't it? The terrorists referring to themselves as knights?

We of the Black Knights stand with all those who have no weapons to wield…regardless of whether they be Elevens or Britannians! The Japan Liberation Front cowardly took innocent Britannian civilians hostage, and they mercilessly executed them! It was a wanton and meaningless act; therefore, they have been punished…

Diethard

You heard me right! I said let it run! Liable?! I'll be the one responsible for this!

…just as former Viceroy Clovis was punished for ordering the slaughter of countless unarmed Elevens. We cannot stand by and allow such cruelty to be carried out, and so we made him pay for his actions. I will not repudiate battle on a fair and level field, but neither will I tolerate a one-sided massacre of the weak by the strong. The only ones who should kill are those who are prepared to be killed! Wherever oppressors abuse their power by attacking those who are powerless, we shall appear again, no matter how mighty or formidable our foe may be!

Kallen

(Thinking.) Knights…for justice?

Those of you with power, fear us! Those of you without it, rally behind us! We, the Black Knights, shall be the ones who stand in judgment of this world!

Lloyd

Excuse me, I just wanted to ask you. Are you the same Zero as before, or are you a brand new one?

Zero's truth is not based on who is within. It is the actions that measure the man.

Lloyd

A-ha, a philosopher.

Nina

A single shot from the Mordreds Stark Hadron cannon would demolish the Mausoleum, wouldn't it?

Lloyd

Well, yes. If you just want to crush them.

And the moment we did that they'd say we killed their empress. We have to let the High Eunuchs make that last mortal blow.

So, you admit you're outmatched. Well, we won't accept your surrender. It's too late now.

You insist on fighting? Even though your own empress will die in the attack?

The empress is merely a system. There are plenty of others to replace her.

So you can't use her as a bargaining chip.

But you use her to gain noble titles in the Britannian court.

You have sharp ears, don't you? A cheap price to pay for power.

Cheap? A phony treaty that gives China's land to a foreign nation?

Land is nothing but dirt, after all.

Correct. We're Britannian noblemen now. That's what counts.

And what about the common people you sworn to protect?

Zero, when you walk down the street, do you worry about stepping on the ants?

You throw away paper that clings to your bottom, don't you? It's the same thing.

You sell out your country, abandon your empress, betray your own people, and all for what?

An idealist. I never thought you were so naïve, Zero.

Indeed! Masters and commoners will always breed.

Like insects!

Radiant shield generators 2 and 5 are offline!

Ohgi

That leaves the deck exposed!

Stop it!

Kaguya

Your Majesty!

Noblemen, you're bureaucrats, paper pushers who know nothing about noblesse oblige!

Please stop it! You have to stop all this fighting!

Huh? Mount the F.L.E.I.J.A. onto the Lancelot?

Lloyd

Well, the intention was for Suzaku to pilot the Guren, but…

Suzaku

[surprised] The Guren?

Sorry, he's right. I got so carried away I forgot. It's just, Lloyd and I got so wrapped up in our little hobby that we--

Suzaku

Hobby?

Lloyd

Rakshata's mechanisms are quite easy to tinker with. Now it's so souped up it can't be flown! End result, you're our little devicer again!

Nina

Excuse me, Professor Lloyd? Now that you've mentioned the Lancelot--

Lloyd

You wouldn't mix up a strategic weapon with a tactical one, would you?

Nina

I have thought it through. Any matter caught in the primary effect field will be annihilated by the F.L.E.I.J.A.s rapid sphere collapse.

Hold on! You want Suzaku to fire a weapon like that?!

He'll kill his own people. A massacre.

Nina

Suzaku, you don't consider yourself an Eleven anymore, right? That's why I want to entrust the F.L.E.I.J.A. to you.

Suzaku

You'd give me…that burden?

Nina

You were Princess Euphemia's knight, so naturally.

Lloyd

[spins in a circle before facing Nina] Nina, darling, a fine quandary. Might just kill Suzaku…and take you along as well.

Lloyd

You thieves! That's mine, all mine!

Oh, not quite! I did some of the upgrades, remember?

Lloyd

Oh, right, it's actually a collaboration. Oh, what am I talking about?! With a capable devicer, even at 60% output, that unit can cut the other Knightmares to ribbons!

Rakshata

That's the Earl of Pudding's work and Cécile's energy wings! How dare they, altering my Guren without my permission!

Ohgi

Still, now that we've got Kallen back in the combat zone…

…it will even up the battle!

Lloyd

You need to make a choice, Nina. Do you abandon science to preserve your heart, or abandon your heart and sacrifice yourself to science?

Nina

How can I do either? Did you make such a choice, Professor Lloyd?

Lloyd

I didn't have to. I'm a sociopath; I was born with an abandoned heart.

Oh, Lloyd! Care for another lesson in proper social etiquette? You look like you have some time to kill.

Lloyd

I'll have to take a pass on that.

Why did you try to stop Suzaku?

Lloyd

I'm a military contractor.

You didn't want him killed, did you?

Lloyd

Why should I care? You know as well as I do. The biggest human flaw is that we're so pitifully fragile in our bodies, our hearts, and our relationships with each other.

[puts on her earpiece] Nevertheless, you can't bend the world or people any which way you want.

Lloyd

I want every part in my mechanisms to function exactly as I wish. If we lose Kururugi, we'll just have to find another devicer.