[Nobodyman9]

Originally Posted by Arbitres

I'll explain.... Slowly.

Lelouch lost everything -- Nunnally was presumed dead, caught in the FLEIJA blast, he dived into despair. Lost and feeling hopeless - his emotions unchecked. He didn't want a crutch, he wanted his sister back.

When he was called by the Black Knights, they accused him and 'put him on trial' sort to speak. He had no willpower to go on, so he simply retorted the best possible answer that came to him -- to spare atleast one more person's life. The last person that genuinely cared for him, Kallen.

He used the words in such a manner, that he noted she wasn't anything to him, just a pawn. When she accepted this, and walked away from him to meet his fate, Lelouch muttered this: "Live on, Kallen.", in her attempt to stop them from openingly fire on Zero, the realization dawned on her he did it to protect her. He disippeared afterwards.

Thats why. It was a single act of kindness that condemned him, even though he could've explained, though he felt no 'reason' to. Just 'feeling lost, feeling anguish.' sort to speak. Besides, he probably rationalized it as "They wouldn't understand/they wouldn't listen."

Thats why. Kallen was the defense, everyone else was the prosecutor. Schneizel was the judge. Kallen was willing to die with him then and there, were she truly valuable to Zero. He was one person away from dying, and that was looking bleak right from the start. So he decided to atleast spare her life in exchange for his.

I think that was it.

Right. I understand that. I just don't think you could really say he was "sacrificing his life" for her since he was going to die anyway. I think he pretty well figured that the Black Knights weren't willing to listen to him or Kallen and would've killed him regardless. It was a generous act by Lelouch to be sure, but I wouldn't exactly call it self-sacrifice.