[That's how it is in their home world, too. Only a foolish world would accept a foolish man-child like Light Yagami as its god.
An uncomfortable tightness settles into the back of Mello's throat as he considers Near's words. He's right (he's always right when it counts, isn't he?) - Mello is better at dealing with people, and he always has been. But the trouble with pushing himself to the point where he has nothing left to lose is that everything is already lost. Mello is still stuck in the mindset of a man with one day left to live, and his ability to see past that one last tomorrow has been shattered. But this isn't the first time since he's been in Hadriel that Mello has been told that he is mishandling his approach to the others here. Mello is a willful, emotional creature, but he is also very smart, and practical-minded. This isn't the world he and Near came from, where brute force took Mello to the top of the criminal underworld, right up until Kira was able to destroy all the resources he'd carefully accumulated.]
The light in this place is shitty and artificial anyway.
[It's a half-hearted, sideways acknowledgment, but it's the best Mello can manage at the moment.]
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[That's how it is in their home world, too. Only a foolish world would accept a foolish man-child like Light Yagami as its god.
An uncomfortable tightness settles into the back of Mello's throat as he considers Near's words. He's right (he's always right when it counts, isn't he?) - Mello is better at dealing with people, and he always has been. But the trouble with pushing himself to the point where he has nothing left to lose is that everything is already lost. Mello is still stuck in the mindset of a man with one day left to live, and his ability to see past that one last tomorrow has been shattered. But this isn't the first time since he's been in Hadriel that Mello has been told that he is mishandling his approach to the others here. Mello is a willful, emotional creature, but he is also very smart, and practical-minded. This isn't the world he and Near came from, where brute force took Mello to the top of the criminal underworld, right up until Kira was able to destroy all the resources he'd carefully accumulated.]
The light in this place is shitty and artificial anyway.
[It's a half-hearted, sideways acknowledgment, but it's the best Mello can manage at the moment.]