"Of course," Light says, nodding to acknowledge that he understands what he's been told. But he recognizes that name as well - too close to the name of Lind L. Tailor L first publicly challenged him with years ago, a name Light wrote in large scrawling letters on a page of his Death Note and watched as the man pretending to be L on the TV screen in front of him clutched at his chest and slumped over on the desk, dead in a matter of seconds by Light's own hand. "Linden," he repeats, "it's good to see you again. I didn't think I would."

Because you're dead, he thinks, and no one comes back from that.

"I guess I should ask you to use my alias here too." Light knows he's in no danger of being discovered by Kira here, but he has to keep up the appearance of innocence, and part of that involves caution against the ways Kira works. "You remember it?"