[For people like them, the words "you're wrong" should sting. But Near feels nothing of the sort.

[A vague attempt at imitation:] "Don't worry, I won't make the same mistake the next time I'm dead." [They've parroted each other before, but the last time had been lighter, a moment of them actually getting on well.] Quite a cavalier statement, for how badly it had affected you. Do you plan on making dying a habit?

[A calculated sacrifice to help someone he didn't like, constantly strove to defeat. Someone Mello had made an extra point to say he would not work with. None of that had added up; Near had absolutely no reason to believe Mello would do such a thing.]