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[prosecutory]

Good day. This is Miles Edgeworth.

I cannot accommodate you at the moment, but please leave a message and I will respond as soon as possible. 

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[cryptologic]

[ Once a corn flake, always a corn flake. ]

More or less. I guess I just couldn't leave the mystery unsolved. [ But no really, this thought helps him cope with being back. ] Anything crazy happen while I was gone?

[prosecutory]

[Edgeworth probably couldn't leave it unsolved, either.]

Hmm...what was the last phenomenon you remember?

[cryptologic]

Everyone's memories were starting to go haywire, and we had these...weird animals with us. [ Gimpy the Fox was his. ] Everything around that time is kind of a blur, though.

[prosecutory]

Then nothing happened between that time and your return. Our memories returned to all of us, thankfully.

[cryptologic]

That's a relief. CERES already messes with our heads enough as it is. They don't need to do it on a permanent basis.

[ Sometimes he wonders why they don't, but that's a dark thought. ]

[prosecutory]

Indeed. Let's hope their next move isn't permanent, either.

[No one can predict what will happen next in the cereal bowl. Not even these two.]

[cryptologic]

[ And if they can't do it, no one can. #humble ]

Any guesses at what their next move might be? Those red smileys from the last VIVID level we got stuck in makes me think something big is coming soon.

[ "A day will come in the future when everything you care about will change." ]

[prosecutory]

I can imagine it will be something that'll affect the entire colony, but how soon will that be? It can be at any point in the future.

[He pauses for a moment. There's a distant thump and a dog's barking. Suddenly, Edgeworth's tone sounds a bit more urgent.]

...I apologize, but I neglected to mention a few things. One, CERES technology has been malfunctioning lately. And second, do you recall the robot that addressed the network once?

[Edgeworth had been thinking of more widespread events. Those didn't happen, but these little things...]

[cryptologic]

I'd notice the tech, but... [ This is the first he's heard about something new involving the robot. After it had followed him around after his first death, Dipper would never forget that face. ]

What about the robot?

[prosecutory]

I would sometimes see it around the colony, wandering about. But it always gets away from me when I try to approach it.

[Edgeworth had been on high alert for that robot ever since the first time he saw it, but it always escaped him.]

It seemed...angry, as well.

[cryptologic]

Angry? [ That's...odd. ] Any idea what upset it?

[prosecutory]

I don't know. It was already angry when I saw it.

[So maybe Edgeworth doesn't make it angry??]

[cryptologic]

[ Maybe... ]

I wonder what it could've been. Maybe it has to do with that whole...mass kidnapping incident awhile ago.

[prosecutory]

Did you encounter that robot while you were kidnapped?

[cryptologic]

Well...one kidnapped me, so yes.

[prosecutory]

Where did it take you?

[cryptologic]

...Somewhere underground. Some sort of dungeon...and a crypt.

[prosecutory]

Did you find anything of note there?

[cryptologic]

...Not really.

[ His answer sounds a bit cagey. ]

[prosecutory]

I see. [Edgeworth decides to shelve the topic for now. He could probably find out from the people who had been with Dipper, anyway.]

Out of curiosity, how much time passed in your world while you were there?