It would be telling if it revealed something I didn't already know.
[Bonds aren't pure two-way windows into a pair of souls; perhaps some become that way, but both of L's remaining ones have no shortage of smoke and mirrors at play, things that he still buries and keeps hidden. A baseline of deprivation and misery is what they would consider his normal, and if things dropped off even slightly, rendering him in a worse state, it wouldn't tremendously shock anyone.
L still keeps his answer ambiguous, clear only in its contempt, because wouldn't it actually be foolish of him to give Niles insight into the nature of his Bonds that he could absolutely use?]
You're not helping me or causing my suffering, just so you know. At best, this is a mild annoyance.
[Says the man who is slung over Niles' back, currently too anemic and dehydrated to cast magic.]
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[Bonds aren't pure two-way windows into a pair of souls; perhaps some become that way, but both of L's remaining ones have no shortage of smoke and mirrors at play, things that he still buries and keeps hidden. A baseline of deprivation and misery is what they would consider his normal, and if things dropped off even slightly, rendering him in a worse state, it wouldn't tremendously shock anyone.
L still keeps his answer ambiguous, clear only in its contempt, because wouldn't it actually be foolish of him to give Niles insight into the nature of his Bonds that he could absolutely use?]
You're not helping me or causing my suffering, just so you know. At best, this is a mild annoyance.
[Says the man who is slung over Niles' back, currently too anemic and dehydrated to cast magic.]