Death Note/Headscratchers/Characters' Actions: Difference between revisions

** L didn't know anything about the intricacies of Death Note ownership, or about the watch. What did he think Light was going to do, write in the book right in front of him?

*** That's exactly the point. He doesn't know anything about the Death Note, but if Light is Kira, then Light does. Light knows more than he does on the subject at this juncture, which makes letting him handle it, for any reason, dangerous. You don't have to know how a gun works to know that it kills people, and that even if it looks unloaded to you at the moment, someone else might still be able to shoot you with it.