fourth. text.

[torrefied]

In the interest of having it completed some time this century, I'm taking over the project to create a guide document for new arrivals.

[And he's starting it from scratch, no thanks to Chris.]

If you can tear yourselves away from telling ghost stories long enough to reply, I'm interested to know what information you found most helpful when you first arrived, as well as what you would have liked to know sooner rather than later.

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private voice.

[torrefied]

[It's probably neither. Mello knows well enough that pointing out your own weaknesses, even to an ally, is incredibly foolish. It's not surprising that L evades the topic, and Mello knows better than to push.]

Well, you know where to find me if it ever becomes the right time or place.

[It's a sideways invitation, that if L is having difficulty with something - say, the idea of having been killed and brought back to life - Mello is available to help, in whatever way he can. Not that L would know it, but Mello knows what it's like to find himself unexpected alive again after experiencing his death.]

private voice.

[hearthebell]

Yes. Just one door over.

[It's obvious and clear to both of them that he won't take advantage of it, might not even know how to. Because in truth, though it might be more than the sum of its parts, the parts say that it's exposing himself in a way that is terrifying when he is already vulnerable. Even behind the security and protection that Mello and Near are providing, L is certainly that.]