[Light's voice sounds unsteady, more than a little dark; frustrated, angry and hurt. He's just spent the weekend with Near and Mello and they have something that belongs to him.]
Give. It. Back.
[Anxiety and fear, not given even the tiniest hint of compassion, the city and his own past and future are all coming together to get to him in a bad way.
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Hooouaa...
You're gonna havta be more specific.
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People aren't mind readers you know.
*A pause*
Well, most aren't.
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I worry about ya, kiddo!
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[Stating the obvious, seeing as they've been over this again and again.]
A city full of people and my most dedicated cheerleaders are all killers and self-appointed gods. [A pause, and he tries to rein in his temper.] Some second chance.
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But you can sink. Take a second stab at stabbing, I say. Another go at homicidal mania. Seems to be your thing.
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Do me a favour and shut up.
[Not that a compulsion would do much against The Joker's powerful desire to talk...]
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So what do they have, huh? Something of Kira's?
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I can't answer that.
[For good reason.]
And I wouldn't even if I could.
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I am crazy. I may do anything at all! It's what makes me so fascinating.
But I'm not seeing a whole lotta people jumping up to your defense, honey. I'd say it's me or nobody....And let me tell ya...Suffering madness alone is a true definition of agony.
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For about thirty seconds I thought I might try the university's psychiatric nurse, then I began to wonder...how do you sit down and tell a nurse that you're going to kill a hundred thousand people, and you're afraid you can't stop it?
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Of course with those numbers she'd probably just prescribe some antipsychotics and send you on your merry way. Unless she felt you were actually capable of it. Then you'd be put in a straitjacket and locked away to be forgotten. And pumped full of so many drugs you won't know which end is up.
MAYBE you'd get lobotomized.
So I guess I'm saying talking to a shrink would either yield nothing or total annihilation of your humanity.
Do those sound like pleasant responses?
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