[L is aware of a certain level of irony and hypocrisy at play. The timing rules out anything retaliatory, even if L thought that Myr was the type to illustrate the issues with courting a potentially dangerous individual so brazenly this way.
Not only did L actively downplay his own murderer arriving in Aefengom, he'd moved the man in the home he shares with Myr and Bonded with him mere hours after he'd stepped through his mirror. Myr had stayed away for a week out of perhaps more than respect for the new arrangement; Myr had all but wept in the nightmare at the prospect of what such a person could do to his Bonded. The fact that L had ultimately erred on the side of giving Light a chance doesn't negate his right to be concerned by what his own eyes and ears show him of Myr's exchanges with this newcomer; if anything, Myr should understand them better, considering...
...or fail to, considering his ultimate acceptance of L's need for Light.
But it's different. Light's not just some stray; there's history there, enough to justify it. The dragon might as well be a stranger to him.]
He can be very sad, and very civil, and still worthy of an arm's length. Cruelty has a way of turning to new targets once old ones are exhausted, and you're lucky to get a warning.
[He knows it, because he's lived it, been at the giving and receiving ends of it.]
Not every joke has to be gentle or appropriate, but they tend to run a slanted parallel line with what a person would consider acceptable. What one would joke about is closer to what one truly believes than what one truly considers terrible and taboo, and would not mention at all except in very trusted company.
In other words, a joke is a nod to something that is absurd, but not impossible. Calling it a joke is just a way to make the absurdity the focus, rather than the possibility.
[But L is prone to seeing the threat first, of course. Just because he calls Light Yagami a friend, moved him into his home and Bonded with him doesn't mean he denies that the man was a mass killer.]
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Not only did L actively downplay his own murderer arriving in Aefengom, he'd moved the man in the home he shares with Myr and Bonded with him mere hours after he'd stepped through his mirror. Myr had stayed away for a week out of perhaps more than respect for the new arrangement; Myr had all but wept in the nightmare at the prospect of what such a person could do to his Bonded. The fact that L had ultimately erred on the side of giving Light a chance doesn't negate his right to be concerned by what his own eyes and ears show him of Myr's exchanges with this newcomer; if anything, Myr should understand them better, considering...
...or fail to, considering his ultimate acceptance of L's need for Light.
But it's different. Light's not just some stray; there's history there, enough to justify it. The dragon might as well be a stranger to him.]
He can be very sad, and very civil, and still worthy of an arm's length. Cruelty has a way of turning to new targets once old ones are exhausted, and you're lucky to get a warning.
[He knows it, because he's lived it, been at the giving and receiving ends of it.]
Not every joke has to be gentle or appropriate, but they tend to run a slanted parallel line with what a person would consider acceptable. What one would joke about is closer to what one truly believes than what one truly considers terrible and taboo, and would not mention at all except in very trusted company.
In other words, a joke is a nod to something that is absurd, but not impossible. Calling it a joke is just a way to make the absurdity the focus, rather than the possibility.
[But L is prone to seeing the threat first, of course. Just because he calls Light Yagami a friend, moved him into his home and Bonded with him doesn't mean he denies that the man was a mass killer.]