Gino had, to use the vernacular, no clue whatsoever about what was going on here. He had some vague guesses about Yuki and Koharu and their apparent mistrust of him, but they had mostly been about him being Britannian and them being Elevens. Apparently he was wrong on that count. What he did know was that someone had just crashed into the Knight of Seven and was now pinning him to the floor, so he started with that. The red-haired assailant was light when he reached to pull her off her target, and - apparently, as he had to hurriedly alter his grip - also a girl. Whoops.

"Hey, this is kind of a misunderstanding," he started, as he dragged her up so Suzaku could stand, but she seemed to be listening more to - Lelouch? What a coincidence. He stopped moving too, to catch the rest of the sentence, and blinked. "Your Knight? Since wh-"

[warning penalty activated: Sora Himoto and Gino Weinberg]

In unison, both he and the girl had their replies cut off into yelps of pain, and slumped to their knees as blazing agony shot through their skulls. Unfortunately, that left Suzaku with his legs still trapped by the weight of two teenagers.