[It seems like a simple enough question; L himself has learned to deal with it by simply lying, since it's unlikely that anyone could call him out on it without having a certain familiarity with him. That number was paltry and rare; every single one of them are individuals L could hold hostage right back with information about them.

So it's odd to him that Archer looks, and answers, the way he does.]

That could mean a lot of things. I can speculate, but I would prefer not to disrespect a matter you treat with this kind of gravity that way.