"Mello," Lazarus confirms softly, with none of the humor or ridicule. He's well-used to the strange names in their world by this point, and doesn't even blink when a new one is revealed. Someday Micah might be similarly desensitized. "If his parents named him, which might actually not be the case... given how important names were in this reality..."

He can't help but think that L, the detective whose memories he is inheriting, would be a lot more skilled and concise about explaining this.

Nodding to confirm what Nathan's said, he adds "Death or insanity. It was a coveted position and a dangerous and high-pressure one. L knew that even in a best-case scenario, he couldn't remain L forever. It might have been the only way he acknowledged and accepted that he was mortal."