Falkner is the simplest leader, I understand. I haven't faced him yet, but I'm considering offering him the chance to simply forfeit. It would be better not to have to heal his pokemon from severe frostbite.
[L shuffles over to the table once he notices Light (how could he ever not notice Light?), looking anything but enthusiastic to be there. He sits across from his clueless nemesis, folding himself up like a fortress and starting to play absentmindedly with his spoon.]
Is it really? I suppose you would say that. It's very friendly dialogue so far.
[The response is paranoid and automatic, and L revises after he realizes that it sounds rather sharp.]
Of course. My good friend Light wants to know. In that case, fine. I've never been better. Coffee, please, with cream and sugar on the side. That's important; I don't want you to get the amount wrong.
[The waitress gives him an odd glance while writing this down.]
So, I noticed you got yourself a girlfriend. [smiling, genuinely, perhaps. But this whole meeting was for idle conversation; and this was just the conversation topic he needed.]
It's very strange that you're so interested in discussing my personal affairs. It's also unlike you to want to gossip, of all things. What's this really about, Light?
[No matter. He's got no intention to travel together with L anyway.]
It's been four months. I noticed that you have changed a little since then... But I guess I was wrong, as far as this particular attribute of yours is concerned.
Believe it or not, Light, I've gone through changes about as drastic as ending up in Route. That is, going from one way of living life to another overnight. My personality has remained largely the same throughout my lifetime.
The badges have absolutely no effect on whether a person returns home or not. Many return home, and no two have one decisive, unifying factor. So... while I'd like to return home... men stronger and smarter than I have been unable to succeed. I don't want to waste my time doing something futile when, theoretically, I could wake up tomorrow back in my own world after having done nothing.
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Is it really? I suppose you would say that. It's very friendly dialogue so far.
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So. How have you been?
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[The response is paranoid and automatic, and L revises after he realizes that it sounds rather sharp.]
Of course. My good friend Light wants to know. In that case, fine. I've never been better. Coffee, please, with cream and sugar on the side. That's important; I don't want you to get the amount wrong.
[The waitress gives him an odd glance while writing this down.]
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[It's one of the first times L hasn't outright denied that it's true.]
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[The offer to give Light a ride is conspicuously absent.]
Idle chat? Haven't you known me long enough, now, to know that it's something I don't do very much of?
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It's been four months. I noticed that you have changed a little since then... But I guess I was wrong, as far as this particular attribute of yours is concerned.
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Idle chat aside then... Are you intending on finding a way back, or have you become content with staying here, like many others I've seen?
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The badges have absolutely no effect on whether a person returns home or not. Many return home, and no two have one decisive, unifying factor. So... while I'd like to return home... men stronger and smarter than I have been unable to succeed. I don't want to waste my time doing something futile when, theoretically, I could wake up tomorrow back in my own world after having done nothing.
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