[L actually blinks. His expression is confused, disbelieving, put-off by the indecency and the audacity even in joking about it.]

You'd suppose correctly.

[Flint and ice. It's actually unthinkable; a joke like that only increases the tension rather than defusing it. If it's not a joke, well...

Mello isn't stupid. Just too brash and ambitious for anyone's good.]

It's for the best. Whether or not you can appreciate it as this juncture... you're better off with Eli, and the other monster, if the personality is a compatible one.

[For Mello to find such a person so quickly is a stroke of incredible luck. He'd do well, L thinks, not to let them go. Could it possibly be...?]