He nods briskly, leaning closer as he continues to read and corroborate what she's saying about the story. "Yes, I can. I echoed back the Japanese language a long time ago, as you may have guessed... among others."

It's the least improbable or surprising thing about this to him, and he continues reading voraciously, wondering if another echo is going to be set off by this.

"I definitely prefer the blonde hair," L's doppelganger says, bored now that he's been completely excluded from the activity they're mutually engaged in.