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[Anyone who wanders in the kitchen will find Light sitting at the table using his newly honed water bending abilities to manipulate hot water from the kettle into a mug in which he has added a few fragrant loose leaf green tea leaves. As the molecules move in synchronized unison, and carefully fill up the cup, the corners of his lips twitch upwards in smug satisfaction for a short moment.

The smile disappears as a rumbling crash seemingly shakes the entire Manor. Silverware rattles and plates threaten to fall off the table. The tea cupped in his hands however, remains safe, not even a single droplet spills onto the floor; Light's power holds it steady. He takes a careful sip of the hot liquid, as he muses. The rest of the world seemed as though it would end at any moment. Light never believed in nonsense like the end of days, or Armageddon, but what was happening outside wasn't so far off from that. He switches on his Blackberry and sends out a text message.]

Does anyone have any idea of what is going on?

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No doubt. It's difficult being normal [And it pains Light to use this word to describe himself because, of course he is far from ordinary] relativistically speaking anyway, in this place. It presents a wholly unique challenge to law enforcement, I'm sure.

It definitely does. I'm glad I had help that time. I'm hoping now that there's a chance that we'll have some deputized citizens soon that can make arrests and possibly help with other matters for the whole of this place. I'm sure it'll get bigger before it gets any smaller.

Oh hey, by the way while I'm thinking about it, I should ask how everyone is. At least make myself a little more public.

I would certainly hope so. Maintaining some semblance of order in this hellhole can only be a good thing. It's important to send a strong message to miscreants that though we may be in a society that differs from our own, justice will be dealt.

[The beginnings of what would have been a guilty pang surge course through him, but it's quickly suppressed by the knowledge that Tom's death, no matter how cruel had it had been, is ultimately, perfectly justified. It would have been a greater sin for Light to have abandoned his world, allowing it to rot beyond salvation.]

Do you really think that is a good idea, Officer Hanson? Considering how much you are already in the public view with the recent arrest, wouldn't it be safer to keep a low profile?

[Light types the words, 'You would not want to make any more enemies' but deletes it before sending the text.]

[He considered what Light "said" and paused before responding.]

You're right.

[The last thing he needed was to be too open and people poking him for personal information. His job was one thing. His private life is a different matter entirely.]

Of course, I'm not advocating complete isolation, but rather caution.

[Directing the topic just slightly further away from the topic of Tom's death.]

Especially during this week. As we discussed earlier, who knows what reason we have these powers for?

Yeah.

[Another pause as he thinks about the powers and how chaotic it was for those not used to having them which included himself in that equation.]

You have a valid point. All it takes is for one idiot to make a move to hurt someone else with that power and cause some unnecessary damage or worse. I'll keep my eyes open for that kind of activity instead.

For the best, I think. There are a few wildcards here, that are only a few steps away from causing full-blown destruction. Powers are a difficult thing to handle responsibly, especially for those who aren't used to them.

[He is thinking primarily of Mello and Piccolo, but the irony of the statement evades Light.]

Well, that's very true too. I can't say that I have any basis of comparison since I've never had this sort of thing happen before but it's interesting to say the least. It's all about control and how many that don't have it is pretty indicative to their discipline. I hope that didn't sound too condescending.

No, of course not. It isn't condescension; it's fact. People who take offense to such matters should learn the difference between the two. It's honestly quite interesting to see what people choose to do with power. Sadly, misappropriating it seems to the rule rather than the exception.

I guess Spidey put it best. "With great power comes great responsibility." It's a good rule to live by and he's right.

[Light can't help but smile at this. Cheesy as the phrase is, it's true. Responsibility is necessary when handling power and using power to scour the world of rot, was in essence the same goal. Though of course, Kira is not analogous to a comic book hero, no. They weren't real. They weren't Gods.]

You're a fan?

Yeah, it's something my partner always seemed to pick on about me. It's geeky. I know.

[Tom's embarrassment was a bit on the lighthearted side.]

No matter what your interests are, super heroes or not, there will always be at least one person who will be judgmental about it.

You're right about that. Question. Why are these phones so advanced with keyboards and stuff? They remind me of stuff out of Star Trek. Can they take vitals too?

Given another few years, I'm sure it won't be out of the picture. May I ask what time you were from?

Nineteen-eighty eight. It's a mess, I know. I'm like twenty years behind everything.

It's not so bad really. I remember there was a person here a while ago who was around during the reign of Sun King Louis the Fourteenth.

[If Light could see his face, he's wincing.]

And I thought I was old.

Personally I think of age as merely a number.

[After all, Light is probably the world's oldest eighteen year old.]

I think you're right about that. Now that I think about it, it's pretty stupid to be hung up on those things when it's clearly not that relevant since time is condensed here for some odd reason. I'll be 23 soon so I'll go with that.

Gah, I feel stupid just now.

If I were you, I wouldn't feel that way. While age might not matter while we are here, the aging we are doing, if it were to follow us home... well, as fascinating as the relativistic implications would be, from a practical stand point, how would we explain it if we returned... say at age forty? Or even age sixty?

To be honest, I don't think we would age the same here since we are not in our worlds and it's possible that our age as stagnated but our minds haven't. It's like....being in time freezer.

If everything stops in our world simply because we're not there in it, then that would mean that...you know come to think of John Dillinger should be dead but he's here so that means that we're traveling on parallels but time stopped in our original locale, if that makes any sense.

It does. But at the same time, I'm not entirely convinced that time does stop when we are gone.

[But of course, Light can't exactly give the reason why. Associations between himself and the other people from his world is precisely what he wants to avoid.]

Perhaps it's egocentric of me to think that way.

Not really. It's a plausible explanation. I'm no rocket scientist so I can't claim my answer as true anyway.

No, it's all worthless speculation anyway. We ought to be redirecting our energies on matters that are of direct importance. How to escape this place, or... how to make this place livable.

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