L Lawliet's life was different from many of the other inhabitants of the orphanage. In fact, his life was in almost total isolation. Strangely by choice.
He never went outside, and he was usually reading a crime book or a book on law. His record time, courtesy of a betting gang, was 18 hours and 10 minutes for a 985 page book on law in very, very fine print.
That was all he did for years, Until one night, when he woke up at midnight from one of his rare naps feeling hungry. That night changed his lifestyle permanently.
It was raining, no, storming outside, thunder and all when she had kicked the massive door's lock out. She rushed inside, then promptly fell.
L was surprised. In all his young life at Wammy's, No one had ever barged in this late, nor did they ever have the amount of terror in their eyes as she possessed.