[Light misses none of this. He can see that Sayu is on the verge of tears, though then again how could she not be considering the circumstances? He isn't quite sure how to answer either of her questions. He's tempted--very tempted--to avoid the issue altogether by redoubling with a thought experiment, but did it a) offer him any benefit to pretend he is from Sayu's continuity or b) introduce more complications than it was worth?
On the one hand, Light is, in general, extremely reluctant to pinpoint exactly what time he is from, because of the freedom to manipulate it that he gains by keeping it ambiguous. Misa is already acting as though she's never met L before. so it would be easy enough to go along with that story. ...On the other hand, this is Sayu. He's completely overthinking this. It's easy enough to engineer a perfectly believable white lie.
The second question then becomes a non-issue, despite it being immensely complicated in actuality. Technically speaking, nothing happens to their parents from the time Light found himself here. Well, no, that isn't exactly true. Their father did resign from his position in the NPA- how Mom and Sayu took that, Light had no idea because he'd been chained to his good "friend" Hideki Ryuga at the time.
....And then there's Mello. Light knows some of what happens five years into the future. The other Mello took great pleasure in telling Light every single gory detail about his father's death. Merely thinking about it makes Light's stomach twist angrily into tight knots. Sayu, obviously, didn't need to hear about that... but she did need to hear about Mello. No doubt the bastard is underhanded enough to use Sayu against Light in some manner.]
I spent the night before I woke up here at a hotel but that's not important right now. I have to warn you about something else first. There are a couple of people here you need to watch out for. We have a lot of detectives and police officers living here, but that doesn't mean there aren't a few dangerous people wandering around. Beyond Birthday for one is a known serial killer. Dark hair, white shirt, blue jeans, permanent slouch. [Why yes, he's ambiguous on purpose as it has the side benefit of making Sayu weary of L as well.]
There's also another guy who calls himself Mello-- easily recognizable blond hair with a large burn scar across his face, dresses in leather, almost invariably has a bar of chocolate on him. I can't say for sure what it is about this guy, but I don't trust him. Stay away from them alright?
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On the one hand, Light is, in general, extremely reluctant to pinpoint exactly what time he is from, because of the freedom to manipulate it that he gains by keeping it ambiguous. Misa is already acting as though she's never met L before. so it would be easy enough to go along with that story. ...On the other hand, this is Sayu. He's completely overthinking this. It's easy enough to engineer a perfectly believable white lie.
The second question then becomes a non-issue, despite it being immensely complicated in actuality. Technically speaking, nothing happens to their parents from the time Light found himself here. Well, no, that isn't exactly true. Their father did resign from his position in the NPA- how Mom and Sayu took that, Light had no idea because he'd been chained to his good "friend" Hideki Ryuga at the time.
....And then there's Mello. Light knows some of what happens five years into the future. The other Mello took great pleasure in telling Light every single gory detail about his father's death. Merely thinking about it makes Light's stomach twist angrily into tight knots. Sayu, obviously, didn't need to hear about that... but she did need to hear about Mello. No doubt the bastard is underhanded enough to use Sayu against Light in some manner.]
I spent the night before I woke up here at a hotel but that's not important right now. I have to warn you about something else first. There are a couple of people here you need to watch out for. We have a lot of detectives and police officers living here, but that doesn't mean there aren't a few dangerous people wandering around. Beyond Birthday for one is a known serial killer. Dark hair, white shirt, blue jeans, permanent slouch. [Why yes, he's ambiguous on purpose as it has the side benefit of making Sayu weary of L as well.]
There's also another guy who calls himself Mello-- easily recognizable blond hair with a large burn scar across his face, dresses in leather, almost invariably has a bar of chocolate on him. I can't say for sure what it is about this guy, but I don't trust him. Stay away from them alright?