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[ace_attorney]

"...R-Right. I mean... This is Phoenix Wright. I'm not available right now, so leave me a message."

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[ergomaniac]

...He is not the...ideal client, I'm discovering.

[ace_attorney]

Very few clients are, in my experience.

What's wrong with him? Do you think... he did it?

[ergomaniac]

...No. I don't. The weight of evidence is against him, but there's simply something about his manner that makes me think...But these are nebulous terms. I would that I had something more concrete than "gut feeling" to indicate innocence.

[ace_attorney]

(Now you know how it feels, Edgeworth!)

Well, you've got to trust that instinct. Sometimes it's all you have. Like my mentor said, it's pretty clear what a good lawyer does in such a situation...

(Okay, you knew Mia before I did, but anyway!)

[ergomaniac]

What...does a "good lawyer" do in such a situation?

[ace_attorney]

Believe in your convictions, and keep fighting.

[ergomaniac]

...Hmph. You do sound like her, Wright.

[ace_attorney]

I've got to carry on what she was doing, after all.

She was... a very important person.

[ergomaniac]

To many people here.

[A slight pause.]

Has Armando been tormenting you?

[ace_attorney]

(That's right... Mia was dating Diego Armando before he was attacked by... Dahlia, according to the facts we know...)

Well, I don't know if I'd say tormenting...

He's not exactly making things easy, though, yes.

[ergomaniac]

But he's not being - and please forgive the slightly grade-school connotations here - "mean."

[ace_attorney]

Well... Bitter, annoying, insulting, mocking, yeah. But I don't think there's anything... harmful behind it? Well, as far as that makes sense.

[ergomaniac]

He's not...punched you?

[ace_attorney]

...He's... repeatedly expressed the desire.

[ergomaniac]

If he does end up doing so, be sure to tell me. I'll have words with him.

[ace_attorney]

(Run away and tattle to Edgeworth?

...Well, I mean, how would it really be different from elementary school?)

...R-Right. Okay.

[ergomaniac]

Good. He's a very good man. Even if you wouldn't know it from talking to him.

[ace_attorney]

Is he?

...I guess Mia wouldn't have...

(...! Do I really want to talk about that!?)

[ergomaniac]

...Yes. He is. I fought beside him in court, once, and he's a good lawyer - and a good man. Courageous and steadfast, even when I myself was uncertain and faltering. He is...precisely the sort of man who'd have mentored someone like Mia Fey.

[ace_attorney]

...That's pretty high praise, Edgeworth. Particularly from you... But he didn't just mentor her, after all.

(...Whatever business it is of mine, anyway.)

[ergomaniac]

...I know. But that's the only aspect of the relationship we need worry about.

[ace_attorney]

(Maybe... but I can't help it. I'm thinking about it.

Mia... Why didn't I ever know? I... guess it really isn't my business...)

...Right. I guess so.

[ergomaniac]

Anyway. How is Maya?

[ace_attorney]

Maya? Well, you know her... The same as always.

...Although, to be honest, I can tell she's hiding a lot from me. Just by the Psyche-Locks alone, if nothing else.

FEEL FREE TO IGNORE B/C I AM TERRIBLE

[ergomaniac]

The, er...?