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[worldcleansing]

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[hearthebell]

It's possible their real names bind them deeply with magic, are inconvenient, or even that they're unpronounceable.

I do wonder what someone with Shinigami eyes would see, as much as I wonder whether Kira ever did gain them.

[worldcleansing]

[ My life was too precious to trade for the eyes, L. ]

I don't plan to ask. It was a curiosity between friends. People use nicknames for a lot of reasons. You used an alias long before it seemed so dangerous to have your name known to the public.

[hearthebell]

I've used hundreds of aliases, because my job was always dangerous.

With your established history, however, it would be difficult to just become a John Doe. Your Gentle results are very pretty detailed and comprehensive, compared to the average person's, and that goes back to your first high test scores in childhood.

[worldcleansing]

I chose a different route. I’ve joined the NPA. My goals wouldn’t have worked if I had stayed hidden. It worked for you, and it proved useful, but I don’t regret not being able to remain anonymous.

[hearthebell]

Sometimes, that's true.

It's true here. It's more of a benefit if people know who you are, at least generally.

[worldcleansing]

It's probably true in most places. Your circumstances were very unique and difficult to recreate. I'm sure you already knew that. The life you live here has been so different that I feel like I have a lot to learn all over again.

[hearthebell]

We both do. It makes things interesting again, at least.

[worldcleansing]

Do you feel like you're still learning? You seem to have made a place for yourself here. In some ways, moreso than you had back home.

[hearthebell]

I feel like someone who has stopped learning is dead. That's not true, here.

[worldcleansing]

It's true that I don't expect you to stagnate, but at this point, I'd expect you to be beyond what I can learn in books. If there's someone who would've found something outside of the boundaries, it's you.

[hearthebell]

Are you anxious to find a way home, Light?

[worldcleansing]

Not as much as I should be.

[ It's something he's noticed and found odd: mentally, he has every reason to need to rush back home. His role is too important for him to simply accept life here.

Emotionally, it's not there. ]

I noticed it once I had my body again. I feel oddly fine with being here. I assume it's a side effect of being here, but I haven't looked into it yet.

[hearthebell]

This is a widespread phenomenon. Not a stretch to consider its effect on motivation to unravel all of Trench's secrets.

Some of us are also dead, where we're from. What do you suppose that does for motivation?

[worldcleansing]

[ 'You would know better than me.' ]

I wouldn't hurry back to my own death, but that isn't the case for me. I'd understand your desire to stay here, but I think we'd both agree it's odd that I'm not motivated to quickly find a way home.

[hearthebell]

There might be some circumstances in which I would think that.

Then again, perhaps you've had time to miss some relics of your youth.