[It's absolutely for the best. Even as a scrawny and frail-looking human, L wasn't the type to fold hopelessly and helplessly if he was on the receiving end of any sudden attack. Now, even though he's a vampire and much more powerful, he retains the same attitude toward personal space he did back home, only he has a lot more than some incidental martial-arts skills to back it up. He dislikes initiating violence, but putting him in a position to resort to self-defense means that all bets are off.

He quirks one of his hairless brows at the "weird getup" comment, gaze lingering on Ryuk and squinting slightly. He knows for a fact that he hasn't seen the man before, but the way the former-Shinigami looks at him makes him wonder if that's mutual.]

That name, that the other members of your species who do not look like you share? What is it? Now that you've mentioned that killing doesn't matter to you, I'm admittedly very curious.