"untill Athrun kills him himself, he will always be alive in Athrun's heart"Originally posted by: splash
But then when Meyrin asks Athrun about the Archangel near the end of the episode he says it hasnt sunk, probably Kira as well. It seems like his hopes of Kira being alive have somehow been reconfirmed. It would seem that only Dullindal and Rey's conversation that Meer overheard could be the only possible reason.
the above is more or less a literal quote of Rey's reaction to Dullindal saying that now Kira is dead Athrun would turn around (damn i think i may have lost everyone with that sentence)
and it was already confirmed that the Archangel wasn't sunk, atleast the senior officers knew about it, so it is possible that Athrun knows about it
and he did express a little doubt about Kira being alive