"I'd rather conduct this investigation on our own, without L. I mean, how do we even know the guy we're meeting is him? From his usual M.O, I'd bet he sends us a proxy."

"If he's really cracked all those hard cases alone, why would he be willing to show himself now, when we're down to just six people? How much help would we be?"

"Well, if we're going to team up with L, I'm out. Don't worry, I won't try to trail you guys or find L or anything like that."