[How Mello doesn't remember a fucking thing. How he's been warned away. How hard it's all been since he left The House, how he's grown, how he's scarred, how he sought out L's grave, how it was all for — ]
[He has no idea this is a dream. This place is funny like that. Expect the unexpected.]
I —
[He what? Come on, now. Mello's never been at a loss for words. He takes a deep breath, realizing he hasn't been breathing at all since he first spotted his mentor. If he were awake, it would make his head spin. If he were awake, this wouldn't be happening.]
[How did he even get here?]
— wanted to die when you died.
[Well, that just came out, didn't it?]
But I didn't.
[And neither did you.]
[He's a child again, speaking to someone who is so above him, someone he'd aspired to be, and Mello has grown so much since then. But he can't bring himself to lift his chin. Can't bring himself to put on that smug demeanor that has since become his trademark.]
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[How Mello doesn't remember a fucking thing. How he's been warned away. How hard it's all been since he left The House, how he's grown, how he's scarred, how he sought out L's grave, how it was all for — ]
[He has no idea this is a dream. This place is funny like that. Expect the unexpected.]
I —
[He what? Come on, now. Mello's never been at a loss for words. He takes a deep breath, realizing he hasn't been breathing at all since he first spotted his mentor. If he were awake, it would make his head spin. If he were awake, this wouldn't be happening.]
[How did he even get here?]
— wanted to die when you died.
[Well, that just came out, didn't it?]
But I didn't.
[And neither did you.]
[He's a child again, speaking to someone who is so above him, someone he'd aspired to be, and Mello has grown so much since then. But he can't bring himself to lift his chin. Can't bring himself to put on that smug demeanor that has since become his trademark.]