Tony's seen L mad, and he's seen him furious at that. There's something distant and dispassionate about him today, but "mad" is far from the word for it, and his body language is no different than what he usually affects around Tony.

"I used to want to be like him," he says softly, "but from what I'm remembering lately I can't say I really have the stomach for it. He wasn't a good person," he says bluntly. "Even if he was a detective who caught bad people, he was like... a monster that chased other monsters and just happened to be on the right side."