[Though he doesn't remember his time as Kira, he had once obsessed over what choices to make to not seem like Kira. It was further compounded when his own genius was realized, which meant he could hardly play like he was dumber than the man behind the mass killings. In the end, many of his moves had to match Kira's because if they didn't, they wouldn't have matched Light's. That would have been one fatal flaw.
Now, he doesn't see L as a rival, though they do butt heads occasionally. He couldn't conform to the 'whatever it takes' mentality, he couldn't use other people (ironically). He knows whatever it was L was planning on doing, it wasn't necessarily done for Light's benefit. However, if it could keep the rest of the team from getting sick and thus setting the investigation back, he was willing to find out what it was. Maybe it was a simple cold mask, in which case he would agree.
Maybe it wasn't.]
I've worked with you well enough to know your methods. [Like trying to make me think my Dad was going to kill me. Though he understood the reasoning, it was a good example of the lengths L would go through.] Blind trust would be foolish.
Not at all
Now, he doesn't see L as a rival, though they do butt heads occasionally. He couldn't conform to the 'whatever it takes' mentality, he couldn't use other people (ironically). He knows whatever it was L was planning on doing, it wasn't necessarily done for Light's benefit. However, if it could keep the rest of the team from getting sick and thus setting the investigation back, he was willing to find out what it was. Maybe it was a simple cold mask, in which case he would agree.
Maybe it wasn't.]
I've worked with you well enough to know your methods. [Like trying to make me think my Dad was going to kill me. Though he understood the reasoning, it was a good example of the lengths L would go through.] Blind trust would be foolish.