His expression didn't betray it (he'd learnt to school it to blankness, long ago), but he was struck by you can do anything if you have that more than he liked. He'd thought something not very different, the one time he and Near had managed to let all the barriers between them fall.
And Mello had promised not to let either of them raise those barriers again, but he'd been made a liar, as Near seemed to have a talent for doing. That door was closed; he'd closed it himself, even if Near was the one who'd put the padlock on it.
"There's no such thing as miracles, and it's moronic to need anyone. The only person you can ever count on is yourself."
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His expression didn't betray it (he'd learnt to school it to blankness, long ago), but he was struck by you can do anything if you have that more than he liked. He'd thought something not very different, the one time he and Near had managed to let all the barriers between them fall.
And Mello had promised not to let either of them raise those barriers again, but he'd been made a liar, as Near seemed to have a talent for doing. That door was closed; he'd closed it himself, even if Near was the one who'd put the padlock on it.
"There's no such thing as miracles, and it's moronic to need anyone. The only person you can ever count on is yourself."