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The faint glow of the room accentuates the severe lines of L's face as he draws his knees to his chest, folded into his chair. His dark, unblinking eyes fix on you, cold and assessing. With a slight tremor in his slender fingers, he deposits two sugar cubes into his cup of tea; the clear *clink* resonates in the hushed space. He catalogs every microscopic shift in you's demeanor—a hunter studying his subject—before beginning to speak about the Kira investigation with a chilling, detached courtesy.