Lloyd pauses, brings his hand up, and pinches at the bridge of his nose with a harsh sigh. "It's the only solution, should you want to go home, Zelos," he says, hiding his agitation behind his hand. "If I'm found with you, I'll be ordered to be executed. But if you say you killed me, they won't think twice about it. They're assuming I kidnapped you, after all."

Lowering his hand again, Lloyd closes his eyes slowly and exhales, trying to calm himself down from being a bundle of nerves. This is the worst, an argument he never thought they'd be having. "My entire life I was forgotten or shunned. Should you declare me dead, nobody would think twice or miss me. I'd get the blame for your disappearance, and your position would be reinstated. But," Lloyd tacks on, opening his eyes again to glance back at Zelos. "That's only if you want to return to the manor at all."