[Naomi nods, watching him for a moment before she opens her envelope,]
[She isn't under the illusion that she managed to fool him. No, he would have noticed her change of direction - but it probably didn't matter. If he was trying to be L, or beat L, or whatever it was that he was trying to do, even now... it wouldn't make a difference whether he sensed her manipulation. He wouldn't be able to resist. And anyway, it was true regardless of her reason for saying it aloud.]
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Date: 2008-11-27 02:35 am (UTC)[She isn't under the illusion that she managed to fool him. No, he would have noticed her change of direction - but it probably didn't matter. If he was trying to be L, or beat L, or whatever it was that he was trying to do, even now... it wouldn't make a difference whether he sensed her manipulation. He wouldn't be able to resist. And anyway, it was true regardless of her reason for saying it aloud.]
It began in London.