[Well, that shuts Mello right up, doesn't it? Will he deny it? Lie and claim that he's not inherently the worst type of liar? The type that would twist the truth to fit his agenda, even with someone he trusts and respects.]
[L just called him on his shit, and there isn't a thing Mello can do about it. What he's being told is a reflection of his fears when he first encountered L-who-wasn't-L in that forest: he was so afraid that his mentor would know him.]
[Even now, indignant thing that he is. Mello's natural response is, I don't care, but he swallows it down with yet another sip of cognac. They're all like this, aren't they? So damaged, so terrified to bare their bones to anyone. Anyone.]
[No, Mello will never truly have what he wants. Because that would require both of them being someone they're not.]
If I'm a liar like you say,
[As though the idea is preposterous.]
why did you agree to the Bond? What can we build if we can't trust each other?
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[L just called him on his shit, and there isn't a thing Mello can do about it. What he's being told is a reflection of his fears when he first encountered L-who-wasn't-L in that forest: he was so afraid that his mentor would know him.]
[Even now, indignant thing that he is. Mello's natural response is, I don't care, but he swallows it down with yet another sip of cognac. They're all like this, aren't they? So damaged, so terrified to bare their bones to anyone. Anyone.]
[No, Mello will never truly have what he wants. Because that would require both of them being someone they're not.]
If I'm a liar like you say,
[As though the idea is preposterous.]
why did you agree to the Bond? What can we build if we can't trust each other?