User blog comment:MisaRestInPeace/Why continue to suspect? Ending up miserable? My questions. Contains spoilers./@comment-5946451-20120811123302/@comment-5375179-20120819210146

No Light could not of burned it up because the Shinigami ends up killing the first human who picked up the notebook. Power corrupts, Light changed he was a completely different man, when he had the DN he had no problem munipulating Misa, but when he didn't he didn't want too. And sorry, yeah it is hard, but you seem alright ;)