[The grin is still there, but his tone changes, less curious and more annoyed. There are many things he doesn't have to put up with, and this guy is one of many. He might not be Light's ally, but that didn't mean he was anyone else's either.]

You want answers from me, you better be nicer about it. I'm not getting anything out of this but a headache right now. You humans think everything revolves around you and what you want. It doesn't work that way.

[And he wasn't obliged to hang around either, L did not have the death note. Would he?

... Probably not. But it wasn't an impossibility.]