[Much, very much, like a curious animal -- like the Animal Beyond Birthday was, he sat on the bed, fiddling with the blankets if not for the tilted head still staring blankly at L. His expression was stoic, marble stone with unyielding eyes despite a normal person perhaps wanting to blink by then.

He draws in a large breath, letting it sigh out at the question, still in the position which bodes well for L in asking a question that may not be firm but had its consequences if he wasn't in such a good mood.]

Yes- and no, mostly no.

[A thumb moves to his lip worrying at the nail a little while his eyes stayed plastered on the way L stayed, how he placed himself around the room. Every bit of information is.]

But the cost of what? You hadn't even let me plan a single thing out.

[He's since let that thumb back down to the bedspread, pushing off of it and so he can tie the blanket around his neck like a long, overly large, warm cape.]

What's to say I want to play with you at all? If there's so many others out there to beat, why? Why did you come here?

[He's more interested in the other answer, why L's there now.]

What suddenly changed that you've so much interest in a failed experiment at being immortal?