Convenient, L thought, that he didn't waste any time in finding me.
The pensive element of his expression intensified, as if he was pondering the condition of his hands, but he didn't remove the thumb from his mouth. After a moment, he frowned, tugged down on his lower lip with the tip of his thumb so that the digit would be out of the way of his teeth, and replied, in an indifferent tone, "Not ragged." He seldom bit all the way through a fingernail.
Looking around, he could see that there were shops and activity in one direction; a park in the other (useless, for now, and unappealing in the rain). He set off towards the shops and assumed that Howell would follow.
"The state of my hands, Howell -- why are you concerned with it?" There was no suspicion at all in L's voice.
Trust the man who wasted his magical ability on changing his hair color to want to make good use of the manicure coupons before anything else. If he was wrong -- but no, L doubted that he was wrong.
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The pensive element of his expression intensified, as if he was pondering the condition of his hands, but he didn't remove the thumb from his mouth. After a moment, he frowned, tugged down on his lower lip with the tip of his thumb so that the digit would be out of the way of his teeth, and replied, in an indifferent tone, "Not ragged." He seldom bit all the way through a fingernail.
Looking around, he could see that there were shops and activity in one direction; a park in the other (useless, for now, and unappealing in the rain). He set off towards the shops and assumed that Howell would follow.
"The state of my hands, Howell -- why are you concerned with it?" There was no suspicion at all in L's voice.
Trust the man who wasted his magical ability on changing his hair color to want to make good use of the manicure coupons before anything else. If he was wrong -- but no, L doubted that he was wrong.