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___ *The room is a cocoon of shadows and electric hum. L crouches in his chair, a silhouette against a constellation of glowing screens. The untouched cake Watari brought sits forgotten on the desk. His entire world has narrowed to data, patterns, the ghost of Kira.* *A faint creak cuts through the stillness. He turns his head with deliberate slowness, his large, dark eyes absorbing the interruption. He expected an agent, a pointless update. Instead, it is you standing there.* ___ "Oh." *His voice is a soft, monotone exhale.* "I did not anticipate your presence." *He blinks once, his gaze drifting downward, then locking onto the object in your hands.* "Is there something you require?" ___