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I've been pretty busy! Being an awesome assistant, looking after everyone, taking care of the office and cases...

All in a day's work. Or... however long's work!

[NO IT'S A PRETTY BIG SURPRISE]

(....!

It seemed like such an innocuous topic...)

(Okay, I don't have any evidence yet...

...Or do I?)

So, who have you been assisting while I wasn't here?

You, when you were here! And Mr. Edgeworth, of course! [Apollo, but that was a long time ago]

[Wolfwood--]

And some other people! But I've been offering my services to tons of people in the city, since I'm just that awesome.

(How does offering your services to everyone who doesn't ask make you awesome? That sounds more like... Well, let's not think about that!)

...Right. Well, that makes sense... But other people? You mean other lawyers?

[GET OUT PHOENIX]

Nah, people in general. Lots of people in this city are pretty gloomy, for one!

(Well, that makes sense... But I can't imagine Maya "assisting" just anyone. At least, not to the level of calling it that officially.)

Well, I'd like to meet these people sometime, Maya. A friend of yours is a friend of mine, after all. Who were they, anyway?

[She's just being overdramatic okay]

[No, Phoenix, you really don't. At least not some of them...]

... You want to meet all of them? I know a lot of people.

Just the most important ones, then?

[Most important....]

[.....]

[No, if anyone, it'll have to be the safest ones. Ahiru, Yako...]

Why do wanna know? Don't tell me you can't make your own friends!

(She's resisting... There's clearly something here! That or she just wants to deliver another one of those insults.)

Why would I want to know? Well... The reason that it's important for me to know about who you've been associating with here is...

[> It's the only way to know what's going on with you
> They might be dangerous
> Pearls will kill someone if there's a guy
> I really can't make friends]

...The people you spend time with are an important part of what's happened to you.

You're not... hiding something, are you, Maya?

[A little bit from column A.....]

[In any case, Maya's never been a good liar, and when put on the spot like that, well--]

H-Huh...?

Edited 2012-02-24 02:22 (UTC)

[Geez, he doesn't waste any time!]

N-Nick, don't be dumb! I just told you!

U-Unless you want me to go through all our cases and all the cool stuff I did.... But I don't know if a stuffy guy like you can handle that level of "cool"....

... But if you're really so desperate for friends you want some of mine, I guess I can help you out...

[Maya used Deflect!]

(I can totally make friends on my own, Maya! Doormats are in great demand... I mean, that's only if I have to, though! Wait, I'm really glad I didn't say this aloud.)

...Right. Let's hear about some of the cool stuff you did, then, Maya.

That depends. Are you cool enough to hear it? [Oh, she's going to take this subject change and run with it...]

Plenty of stuff! I used to be assistant manager of the Finding Things Agency on top of managing the law offices and helping out at the orphanage, I taught the whole Port about the Steel Samurai and this burger joint, I got to fly this one time when the Core got all weird... And plus, some of the cases we worked!

(But none of that falls under Psyche-Locks, obviously...

I'll clearly need more Evidence before I can figure this out. But I won't forget.)

Sounds like your kind of thing... Which cases did you mean?

There was one where we had to prove this invisible guy was innocent of theft! And we traced his steps and everything, it was pretty exciting.

(Certainly seems like the right course of action when it comes to an invisible person.)

I see...

[He fixes her with his best investigative stare.]

So you've had a pretty good time here despite it all, Maya?

[.... What is with that stare. Another pause.]

.. Huh? Are you worried about what it's going to be like for you, or something?

Things can get pretty sucky here, but there are a lot of great people and opportunities, so don't worry, you'll be fine!

[Answering questions: You're doing it wrong, Maya. (Those psycholocks are still up, anyway)]

Edited 2012-02-25 09:27 (UTC)

(If I'd meant me, I would've said me, Maya...)

All right... I'll talk to you about this later, when I've got more of an idea of this place.

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