C.C. kicked herself away from Suzaku, and hauled herself back to her feet just in time to deflect a piece of broken chair. She dashed forward, drawing a deep breath, raising her knee and aiming it directly for Lelouch’s abdomen. “As I thought,” Lelouch taunted, blocking C.C.’s knee with a chair leg. “Every time you are about to launch an attack, you take a deep breath. Well then.”

A piercing pain struck her, right in the lungs. His other hand was also holding a chair leg! He had thrust it into her chest with enough force to push it clean through her body. The first principle of ripple was breathing. So long as you could draw breath inside your body, you could use ripple, but if you could not breathe… She attempted to gulp down air, attempted in vain and stared up mortified as Lelouch drew back a fist and slammed her head back against the wall.

“Urrrryyyy!” Lelouch hissed. “Still alive? You’re more resiliant than you look! How very interesting!”

She tried to breathe. She really did! But her lungs were pierced, and the wood was preventing them from automatically healing. It wasn’t fair! It wasn’t right! Tonpetty had promised her that would never happen to her again… That she would be able to defend herself from these wicked creatures, that she had no reason to fear them! Should have known better. Should have -

-Lulu's Bizarre Rebellion Chapter 10