"Near and Matt and I are from after the Kira case. Well, Matt and I died during it, almost at the end. Near survived and solved it, proved who Kira was, but it took all of us working together," only because that blasted shinegami, no other reason, "to solve the case. L is from before it, from even before B's case, when B tried to prove he was better than L and failed." I swallow. Might as well tell him everything. "Misora helped L solve that case, acted as his eyes and legs and caught B before B could beat L." That should be enough, for now. "So, you see, a lot has happened for me that will happen for L."