[And if Near had been the petty, vengeful sort, Mello's testing of the Death Note could very easily have been a fatal misstep. Near had been on the line with the Japanese Task Force at that moment, still had Mello's photograph. While he hadn't quite settled on the fake L himself being Kira just yet, he'd at least known that whatever information he gave the task force would reach him. He could have sent them a copy of the photo, and Mello may well have wound up dead in the later raid on his hideout. Kira would have had all he needed, and an easy way for Mello's death to be explained. It could have been all neat and tidy for everyone.
[The loss of resources had been bothersome, but taking Mello out of the game would have been a bad strategic move, even subtracting the more sentimental reasoning.]
Your most recent statements appear to indicate that you don't believe it matters whether you live or die. [It's not quite an answer. Before he'd gotten ahold of Mello's final document at home, he wouldn't have thought Mello would plan to die. Risk or even resign himself to injury, yes. Not die. That was too much like quitting.]
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Date: 2016-09-04 10:41 pm (UTC)[The loss of resources had been bothersome, but taking Mello out of the game would have been a bad strategic move, even subtracting the more sentimental reasoning.]
Your most recent statements appear to indicate that you don't believe it matters whether you live or die. [It's not quite an answer. Before he'd gotten ahold of Mello's final document at home, he wouldn't have thought Mello would plan to die. Risk or even resign himself to injury, yes. Not die. That was too much like quitting.]