"That may not be necessary," L said, softly. It was the first thing he'd said since entering the room, and he stared straight ahead, rather than at anyone. "Study may have already been performed, if she is, and if she is not, her abilities may be artificially augmented." He worried at the skin on his thumb with his teeth for a moment before he continued, finally explaining, "I believe she was an experiment of Shinra's, during Hojo's time. The files I rescued from Shinra's computers make reference to a girl who perfectly matches her description." He paused a moment while he removed his thumb from his mouth, and scratched at his knee.

"The chances that it is the same girl are ninety percent," he said, "unfortunately, what I have uncovered so far details only the issue of her escape, and does not reference either why she was used as a subject, nor what experiments were performed. I expect that information is further back in the archives, but Hojo had an unfortunate habit of referring to his experimental subjects by letters." Which would make it take longer to find.