Well, it was possible, of course, that he was telling the truth. After all, L had arrived here from five years prior to the Kira case. It wasn't any stranger than people returning from the dead.

But he wouldn't put it past Light Yagami to know about that and use it to his advantage.

He did look younger than he had at their one face-to-face meeting, but that wasn't conclusive proof of anything.

"Perhaps we have. Perhaps we haven't." Under the circumstances, he's been quick to reach for his wand anyway, and Yagami is more dangerous than Beyond Birthday, if less likely to attack physically. He doesn't draw it, but grips its handle. "Why don't you tell me where you think you are?"