It's still too much. L.L is taking this far too lightly. Perhaps that is what holding a geass code does. C.C was much the same, taking her death lightly.

But this was going to be painful, terrible and Suzaku didn't want it to happen, he would do everything in his power to stop it happening.

But it would be out of his power. That was the whole point. "You wanted out of the line of fire. But... I have wondered why the command wasn't to save you."

Live could have backfired on him spectacularly, even in that first moment.