[Uke]

"But L doesn't say who is his successor," Nate mumbled - he'd already changed the future, no sense in keeping anything more from them. "Roger offers it to you both and Near agrees, but you say no... you run away. You join the mafia... work your way up the ranks and Near creates a group that you later kill off."

He sighed a bit, leaning against a wall and dropping his face into his hands.

"In the script, you and Matt both die," He whispered. "I... I couldn't let L die and know that any of that would happen..."