[Sincerity and conviction are both intimidating, in their own right. One who feels truly and purely that something must be done is the most likely to actually accomplish it, which is why L carries healthy wariness when it comes to zealots. Misa was in love with Light, and would do anything for him with no hesitation or caveats. L had determined through a particularly manipulative session with the two of them that her devotion to Light even outweighed her devotion to Kira, and that she considered a world in which the two were the same ideal, and her own comfort, safety, and even her life itself took a backseat to her true, pure priority.

He's felt that way about his work. He knows that some successors have felt that way about him, and one of them is even here in a Bond with him that he covets. In short, it's no coincidence that some people channel this into their faith, because at its core, pure conviction is religion. The workaholic prays and sacrifices for his job, the grieving successor prays and sacrifices for his effigy... the faun, on a mission to salvage someone hollow and ruined, prays and sacrifices for the prospect of making him whole.]

The gambler is taking issue with ire and vengeance that you have no right or reason to claim.

[If your heart was stolen, and offered up as a stake for a bet, is it correct for you to let them rake it in with the chips?

He feels he knows how this will play out. Rook takes Knight; Bishop burns Rook to a cinder. Checkmate.]

A lack of purpose is distressing to you; I know because it's distressing to me, as well.

[I wasn't anyone before I had a purpose.]

Tell me. When purpose is bound up with an individual...

[a person, just now, feels like a stretch]

...how much responsibility does the individual bear in the completion of the purpose? If I fail, it means that I'm failing you.