[Being asked to share the title didn't feel like the honor Near makes it out to be - at the time, it felt like a consolation prize. Teamwork wasn't encouraged at the House - it was competition that was fostered among the children there. Mello was certain that if he'd accepted the scenario that Roger proposed, it wouldn't have been a true partnership, because they weren't equals - Near had always bested him. But that opinion had been formed outside of the context that Mello now has, that Near likes and respects him, and has for quite some time.]
I didn't know that's how you felt about it.
[He didn't know Near felt anything at all, in fact - not a difficult position to understand, perhaps, particularly in light of Near's harsh words about losing.]
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Date: 2016-09-05 05:29 am (UTC)I didn't know that's how you felt about it.
[He didn't know Near felt anything at all, in fact - not a difficult position to understand, perhaps, particularly in light of Near's harsh words about losing.]