And wouldn't you know that the biggest dragon winds up appearing closest to the house of Wammy's folk. I don't know why that's so funny to me, but it is.

Of course, Near is . . . not going to want anything to do with being in the proximity of dragons because squishy human.

That being said, maybe there could be some fun in GETTING THE HELL AWAY from the damn thing.

Also, keepsakes. Creepy fingerpuppet collection. Yes or yes?

oh man Ai needs to see these fingerpuppets

Ai needs to see the fingerpuppets and the action figures.

She needs to see ALL THE TOYS. And then find out Near is older than fifteen.

ventose: See how much more detailed your puppet is, Mello? SEE???

yes she does

It's been ages since she's spoken with Near

Yes, it has.

she kind of cut all of Wammy's out when she stopped talking to MEllo

She only met L again incidentally at the party.

And Near doesn't leave the house much.

yes but it was very easy to cut the rest out

Especially since none of them would have the inclination to seek her out either.

pretty much

she's pretty well aware that she's basically disposable to them

Sad but true.

(Possibly not quite true in Mello's case, but there are ISSUES there.)

More work clearly went into Mello's than any of the others.

I mean, let's not say it looked good because it was still weird and creepy as hell, but it was definitely more detailed than the others.

Laugh at hamburler Light, Mello. You know you want to.

no no she's pretty sure her being disposable is true where MEllo is concerned

Help, it's cute.