Niles is a possible source of danger, but the man hadn't been horribly threatening toward Light himself aside from their initial encounter. Should that treaty break, however, he has no way of knowing if Niles is the sort to target that which is close to L. However, he can guess that if Niles had attacked Myr, L wouldn't be so forgiving. As for what that means, it's too early to say.

"Those were two different cases. Misa's cute, but she was very heavily into romance and dating before I even knew her. I wasn't interested at first. I got to see other sides of her during the investigation that changed that. Kiyomi-san... If I had to describe my type, it would be more like her. Someone I knew was intelligent, someone I could have conversations with. There was no need to rush anything, and then I had to drop out because of the investigation. Then I grew closer to Misa."

A lie, but since Misa's going to stay around, Light has to pretend to feel something for her.

"They're natural urges so of course they come up." Also a lie. "Aside from a few magazines here and there, I just prefer there to be more to the relationship. It might sound off from a male my age, but sex alone can be boring."