Tiny pieces of the picture were likely to be all anyone from the House would be comfortable letting someone else see, and all Wammy's alumni had a tendency to obfuscate, slant the truth, or, yes, outright lie if it suited them. So while there were many things Mello could have told Bakura about L, he'd already walked right up to the edge of what he felt allowed to tell.

"Really. If he thinks his way of dealing with Yagami is the most effective option, trust me, he's considered all the others."