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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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[faithfulflame]

[Rei didn't move, she just stared down into her cup in pensive silence for a moment. The question is answered almost dully, a breath exhaled through her nose.]

Yes, it was the first real enemy we fought. The first time I died, actually, in this life. We destroyed it, utterly. Metallia will not be able to reform.

[prosecutory]

That's good to hear...even though it seems that your job as a soldier is never done. Not even here.

[He finally picks up his cup and begins sipping.]

[faithfulflame]

Is a soldier's job ever truly finished?

[She doesn't seem unhappy about this, at least.]

Edgeworth-san, I guess it's worth saying that in the end? We do achieve peace. We...as a group...unify the Earth, and do away with all the bad things that've happened. Famine, pestilence, war, crime, poverty. That makes it worth it, I think. All the fighting does have an end.

[prosecutory]

[Edgeworth lowers his cup, and the corners of his mouth move up ever so slightly. He closes his eyes for a moment.]

I can't argue with that. That's how I felt when we finally reached the end of a war.

At the very least, I found myself in Cerealia after my mission in Death City was over.

[faithfulflame]

Death City?  Is that seriously the name?  [How morbid.]

[prosecutory]

Yes, that's the name of the city I lived in...and yes, many places in it are also named the same way.

[Deathdonald's, Deathbucks, Edgeworth's favorite pastry place is Death By Pastry, he lived in the Casualty Condominiums...

Yeah.]

[faithfulflame]

That's...quite a name. Any particular reason?

[prosecutory]

This world is ruled by a death god, and there is much emphasis on the concept of souls.

[faithfulflame]

Ah. That's...certainly a reason.

[If an odd one.]

[prosecutory]

In fact, many of the monsters I fought fed on human souls. We would harvest their souls in turn and use them to strengthen our Weapons - the people who were granted the power to turn into, well, weapons.

[And he's stopping short of saying hi, my name is Miles Edgeworth and I committed homicide. Or rather, witch-icide.]

[faithfulflame]

[Ask her how many people she's killed...]

Transform? Do you mean that literally? People actually change shape?

[prosecutory]

Yes, they can. And they have different abilities in their Weapon forms.

[Let's save the body count discussion for another day.]