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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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[prosecutory]

No need to apologize. [Edgeworth sounds weary, as if he has aged twenty years from this message alone.] I can only hope Miss Cykes treads carefully around him after this. [Otherwise, the story will have been told in vain.]

[bewrightback]

[Phoenix is frowning severely as he listens to his tone. Edgeworth...]

We shouldn't have to worry about that. Athena can be hotheaded... but she understands the severity of this conversation. We won't have to worry about that anymore.

If I can't apologize, then I'd at least like to thank you again for keeping her from goading him on in the first place. I guess that you're looking out for my subordinate as well.

[prosecutory]

You're welcome.

You do have to mind your subordinates, Wright. [ Where were you when Miss Cykes was challenging von Karma?!]

[bewrightback]

From now on, I'll be sure to. I wasn't watching the network at the time Von Karma made his message... but I know that's no excuse. I'm going to take responsibility.

[But where were you whenever Prosecutor Blackquill made fun of me and nearly sliced my hair?!]

[prosecutory]

Good. Not everyone from our world would know the story...and I don't fancy airing it in a conference among us.

[A pause.]

Unless it is absolutely imperative.

[bewrightback]

Duly noted, Edgeworth. I'll do everything that I can to respect those wishes. If we keep being careful, then it won't have to come to that again.

[prosecutory]

Thank you, Wright.

...You should be careful as well.

[bewrightback]

Trust me... You don't have to tell me twice, Edgeworth. I know as well as you do what that man is capable of.

[prosecutory]

Just a reminder. Is that all you wanted to tell me?

[bewrightback]

As long as you keep reminding yourself too, I'm alright with it.

...But there is another matter I've been wanting to bring to your attention.

[prosecutory]

And that is...?

[bewrightback]

February 2nd is coming up.

But you don't know the meaning of that day yet, do you...

[prosecutory]

No. Don't beat around the bush, what is it?

[bewrightback]

[Can't I build up suspense for once, Mr. Autopsy Report Updater?]

I hear that Trucy Wright was born on that day.

[prosecutory]

[Oh. Ohhhh. Edgeworth relaxes, and lets out a chuckle in spite of himself.]

I see. And you want me to give her a present, correct? [He will. He really will.]

[bewrightback]

If you'd alright with you. I know that you haven't known her for that long from your point of view... but you're still her uncle, and I know that she'll think the world of whatever you'd get for her.

[prosecutory]

No, I haven't known her for that long...but I've met her previously, in the world I was first sent to.

[It's a CRAU thing.]

She doesn't remember that, but I do.

[And yes, that doesn't change the fact that he's her uncle.]

[bewrightback]

[He hesitates for a moment, recalling the horrifying account Integra provided about her life in another world. But he trusts Edgeworth.]

Is that so...

Were things... alright there?

[prosecutory]

[He hesitates at first, but Phoenix deserves the truth. Edgeworth doesn't want to show him any Psycholocks, either.]

Unfortunately, no. That world...where I and anyone else brought to it were given powers...was in the middle of war.

[bewrightback]

[He looks on tensely.]

I see. Did... [He hesitates, but once more he knows that he trusts Edgeworth, so he goes on.] Did anything bad happen to her?

[prosecutory]

Thankfully, no. She was there for only a short while, before being sent home.

...We fought together, but no harm came to her, especially since she spent most of the battle as a card case. It was the power given to her.

[Transforming into a case for playing cards, yes.]

1/2

[bewrightback]

A- a card case?!

[I know Trucy can be a wild card, but how much of these stories am I really supposed to believe?!]

[bewrightback]

...Um... in any case, I'm glad to hear that. Thanks for keeping an eye on her, Edgeworth.

[prosecutory]

It's not so much "keeping an eye on her" as it is "helping her learn how to use her powers in battle".

...And yes, a card case. [He's extremely matter-of-fact and calm.] Some people sent to this world were given the ability to transform into Weapons, or items imbued with powers that aided the rest of us.

[bewrightback]

...She was safe, and that's what matters. [I don't know how I feel about her being in any kind of battle.]

So how many people from our home got weird powers like that?