[ While Light does notice and is on alert, he's also forcing himself not to jump at shadows. Eventually, a line has to be drawn between mundane and important. Mello is in a new world after being plucked from his own. Light's own appetite hadn't been the strongest for the first few days. ]

Was it a bad trip? That's surprising to hear. Did you get a lot of odd looks?

[ Is it meant to be an insult toward Japan? A wild blow hoping to bother him? Light enjoys his country well enough and thinks they're decently far ahead in terms of justice, but he also knows they aren't perfect. ]

With your blond hair, you would have stood out. It's not really a color we see too often unless it's from someone outside of Japan. It's rude, but if you went to visit a more rural part of Japan, you might have been one of the few people they've seen with blond hair in real life.