[Oh, so this is how they're playing, is it?

L's dark eyes narrow. His tea sits untouched in front of him as he holds himself stiff and still.]

If it would have changed the outcome, and allowed you to survive by cooperating amicably with someone else? Yes, you should have. I wouldn't have cared; I died.

[He shakes his shaggy head, bitter, dismissive.]

Is that why you wanted to talk, truly? To hold me accountable for every life wasted in connection to my legacy? If so, you should know that my count could rival Kira's.