[Back before he started getting pulses, one of L's guilty secrets is that he watched a lot of Jerry Springer. As a person whose life was spectacularly messed up, he found a perverse kind of comfort in watching people who were doing worse than he was.]

Quite simply, if they drive us out of Locke, the world will know that we're a temporary problem with enough persistence and brute force. That can't happen, no matter what.

I'm aware of the fact that there's been some slander flung around, yes. It's very unfortunate... my store hasn't been immune, but working through it seems to be the only option.