[Oddly, L knows the feeling, too. The things that the Kira case pushed him to do and try were truly incredible, even ludicrous at points. He's both far from that case in Geardagas, and still far too close to it. He's never been good at just moving on, and the unfinished, fatal, and deeply unsatisfying end of his career would certainly be no exception to the rule.

Prayers and hopes are the same thing to L. It's difficult for him to make a conversational distinction between the two.]

That sort of hope is very kind. In any case, it's been refreshing to see that the art of civilized discourse isn't completely dead. Thank you for that.

[I hope we talk again.]