It was a pattern years in the making, one he was pretty comfortable with by now. Always behind, never quite in view, usually silent - but now there's the steady rap of shoes on cement and pavement where once there had only been the rustle of feathers.]
He can't prosecute you or whatever here. Or throw you in jail. It'd be his word against yours, and if all this about monsters is true, he's gonna be killin' people too.
[So wouldn't that be hypocrisy? He's almost but not quite certain of it, and that uncertainty's in his voice. But not for long!
Since he's behind, Light can't see him waggle an admonishing finger, but it's somehow implied in his tone.]
That's not a shinigami rule. That's a Ryuk rule. If I spoil everything it won't be fun watching you figure it all out yourself. And that was before you're some sort of immortal bug guy! Now that you can't die, it'll be even more interesting seeing what happens next.
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It was a pattern years in the making, one he was pretty comfortable with by now. Always behind, never quite in view, usually silent - but now there's the steady rap of shoes on cement and pavement where once there had only been the rustle of feathers.]
He can't prosecute you or whatever here. Or throw you in jail. It'd be his word against yours, and if all this about monsters is true, he's gonna be killin' people too.
[So wouldn't that be hypocrisy? He's almost but not quite certain of it, and that uncertainty's in his voice. But not for long!
Since he's behind, Light can't see him waggle an admonishing finger, but it's somehow implied in his tone.]
That's not a shinigami rule. That's a Ryuk rule. If I spoil everything it won't be fun watching you figure it all out yourself. And that was before you're some sort of immortal bug guy! Now that you can't die, it'll be even more interesting seeing what happens next.