"I will be just fine, Suzaku. It's not time for me to die yet," he replied. This whole incident was far from what he'd planned, but it could have gone worse he supposed. He could have ordered Suzaku to fly to the Avalon, but he didn't want Shinkiro to be taken by the enemy.

Speaking of... he reached up and assumed control of Lancelot's sensors and radar for a moment. He went into its code and tried to enhance the range, but there wasn't much further the hardware could go. Lancelot, after all, was a combat unit, not a commander's. "I may have to talk to Lloyd about upgrades to the Lancelot. I feel like we have blinders on."