[It was a stupid, childish thing to say; Mello knew it almost immediately after the words left his mouth, and they sound even worse being repeated by Near. Mello rolls one of the beads of his rosary between his thumb and finger.]
Why are you so concerned about what's already happened? It's in the past.
[For Near, at least, Mello's real death is in the past. And the surprising nature of his maneuver had been part of why he'd decided on it, because no one - not Near, not Halle, not even Kira - would expect that he'd do such a thing. That's why it would prove to be so effective.]
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[It was a stupid, childish thing to say; Mello knew it almost immediately after the words left his mouth, and they sound even worse being repeated by Near. Mello rolls one of the beads of his rosary between his thumb and finger.]
Why are you so concerned about what's already happened? It's in the past.
[For Near, at least, Mello's real death is in the past. And the surprising nature of his maneuver had been part of why he'd decided on it, because no one - not Near, not Halle, not even Kira - would expect that he'd do such a thing. That's why it would prove to be so effective.]