Dammit. He knew that sleeping through breakfast would bite him in the ass. Had Near known? He must have. Mello reacted to the news far more calmly than he felt as his mind raced ahead with possibilities.
The biggest question, the one that held the most importance and would have to remain unanswered, was whether Light had carried knowledge gained in the institute back to the world he'd been taken from. He'd vanished before Mikami had found Near, which averted one crisis, but if Light managed to redirect history in a direction that didn't lead to that warehouse, the consequences could be dire.
Mello bit the nail of his ring finger as he thought. If Light did alter the course of history, his own memory didn't reflect the changes...unless Light had decided to follow through with everything as pre-determined and only change his actions at the end. Fuck.
At least it meant that the issue with L might have been resolved. "Ask a nurse," he told Matsuda. The nurses told a person's previous roommate about their disappearance (release, he reminded himself), so there was no reason they wouldn't tell others. Mello didn't give himself time to feel conflicted about the possibility. Even with Light gone, Mikami was dangerous, so Mello would have had to deal with L regardless. This news, if true, just meant that he had one less problem to take care of before focusing on his goals.
He briefly considered Mikami's motives in stating that he believed Light and L would be better off dead. Mello had been occupied by the club leaders that afternoon and hadn't been able to dedicate attention attention to L's conversation. Mikami had publicly announced himself to be a Kira-supporter, so by including Light in the list of people who ought to be done away with, he must have been trying to establish that he didn't know Light and Kira were the same person.
With both of them gone, things could be very different.
"Mikami Teru is a dangerous person," he said calmly, lowering his hand from his mouth. Hopefully, the deduction that it had been Mikami who brought this news would be enough to impress Mello's own competence upon Matsuda. He knew the man would never trust him, but he didn't need trust. He needed obedience, or, barring that, gullibility. Matsuda reminded him of one of Near's wind-up toys: blind to everything in front of him, but persistent to the point of exhaustion. Mikami was too smart to see him as a decoy, but that didn't mean he couldn't be a distraction. "Had Yagami made his plans for last night known to anyone?"
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The biggest question, the one that held the most importance and would have to remain unanswered, was whether Light had carried knowledge gained in the institute back to the world he'd been taken from. He'd vanished before Mikami had found Near, which averted one crisis, but if Light managed to redirect history in a direction that didn't lead to that warehouse, the consequences could be dire.
Mello bit the nail of his ring finger as he thought. If Light did alter the course of history, his own memory didn't reflect the changes...unless Light had decided to follow through with everything as pre-determined and only change his actions at the end. Fuck.
At least it meant that the issue with L might have been resolved. "Ask a nurse," he told Matsuda. The nurses told a person's previous roommate about their disappearance (release, he reminded himself), so there was no reason they wouldn't tell others. Mello didn't give himself time to feel conflicted about the possibility. Even with Light gone, Mikami was dangerous, so Mello would have had to deal with L regardless. This news, if true, just meant that he had one less problem to take care of before focusing on his goals.
He briefly considered Mikami's motives in stating that he believed Light and L would be better off dead. Mello had been occupied by the club leaders that afternoon and hadn't been able to dedicate attention attention to L's conversation. Mikami had publicly announced himself to be a Kira-supporter, so by including Light in the list of people who ought to be done away with, he must have been trying to establish that he didn't know Light and Kira were the same person.
With both of them gone, things could be very different.
"Mikami Teru is a dangerous person," he said calmly, lowering his hand from his mouth. Hopefully, the deduction that it had been Mikami who brought this news would be enough to impress Mello's own competence upon Matsuda. He knew the man would never trust him, but he didn't need trust. He needed obedience, or, barring that, gullibility. Matsuda reminded him of one of Near's wind-up toys: blind to everything in front of him, but persistent to the point of exhaustion. Mikami was too smart to see him as a decoy, but that didn't mean he couldn't be a distraction. "Had Yagami made his plans for last night known to anyone?"