[After almost a year of being at Wammy's, Near knows every nook and cranny in the place, and he's prone to finding the perfect hiding spots. Usually, he tucks himself into a corner to sit and think, or to work on a puzzle. On bad days it's to get away from Mello when he's harassing him. On the rarer occasions, he people watches. Those are the days that he has enough energy to be in large crowds, or to interact with the people he's observing.

This is one of those days. He's lying on his stomach on a small ledge that's carved into the wall somewhere on the top floor. It's slightly above eye level, and it would be hard to notice if someone was in there unless you knew it was there in the first place. After a while, a girl Near's seen around a few times in class crosses his path, and he watches as she suddenly halts and looks around, standing still. Surprisingly intrigued, he calls down from the high ledge to her.]

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