"Look," Mello said, becoming annoyed with this discussion himself, and unable to help but feel scolded. "This place sucks, but it's better than being dead. People leave here. We can leave here."

He, of course, thought that no matter how difficult it was for other people to get to where patients' possessions were kept, he would be able to manage it. But he decided not to share that opinion with L, and he was certainly keeping it to himself that his ultimate goal here was to take down Landel and anyone else who got in the way.

After he did that, he'd need to know who to target back home. Once more, he attempted calm. "Who would they have picked as L?"