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[Cue a heavy sigh from Shiho.]

Lots of traps. Don't die. And don't worry.

[Not that she's explaining it to him or anything.]

Duck.

[She keeps her hand on the wall as indication so he knows how low he needs to duck to avoid the trip wire.]

I heard that, but - [That wasn't the kind of "what" he said. Rather, his "what" was the OMIGOSH WHY THIS, I HEARD YOU BUT STILL, WHY kind.

He doesn't get the chance to clarify because Shiho tells him to duck. The hand on the wall isn't missed, and Edgeworth promptly stoops over to that level. Sure enough, when he glances upward, he could just make out the thin line overhead that looked like a wire...]

[Another, heavier sigh.

She disliked explaining and had thought if she'd just glossed over it that maybe he'd let it go.]

I can get past all these traps. But they'll slow the dragon down.

At least, that's what I'm hoping. Another switch coming up, watch where you're putting your feet.

[Behind them there's the sound of the dragon stepping in the first trap they'd side-stepped.]

[Unfortunately, Edgeworth is the type who prefers explanations and evidence - even though he tries to tell himself that this might not be the time. And now, this girl was telling him to watch his feet, and he does his best to concentrate on his steps, not on the sound of a trap being set off behind them.]

Yes, yes. I'm ready. [He sets his jaw and keeps looking ahead at her and their path.]

[It's definitely not the time.]

Good. More traps coming up.

[She lets her hand linger on the wall for a moment more, confirming their route.]

It's mostly trip wires, and pits. But anything that'll slow it down-

[The dragon bellows, clawing at the sides of the trap, pulling itself up.]

Hurry!

[Edgeworth stares at her hand on the wall. He flinches when he hears the dragon roar its frustration, and...hoo boy, they really shouldn't stick around.]

Lead the way. [His voice carries a note of urgency.]

[Shiho forces herself to be calm, especially because she can hear the urgency in his voice. She knew the turns and all the traps that were coming up, and they needed her thinking objectively and carefully.]

Keep up.

[But even with each trap they pass, she waits for him and is careful to make sure that he can pass the trap without hurting himself.]

It narrows up ahead.

[It wasn't wide enough for the dragon to pass, hopefully they could lose it there unless ViViD tried to throw anything else at them.]

[On the bright side, apart from his tone of voice, Edgeworth doesn't panic or scream or suddenly run recklessly away.

Instead, Edgeworth does his best to keep up, and says nothing more as he tails her. So far, he's doing well at this game of follow the leader. When the way narrows, he automatically stoops down and keeps his arms to his sides.]

[That's the one bright point in all of this: that he's not screaming and running, (and in Shiho's opinion) wasting the precious air he could have used in running instead.

The narrower passage opens up into another corridor, leaving the dragon to try to claw through the passage. The wall holds though, and it's left angry, its tail swishing with a crack against the ground.

Shiho keeps her hands against the wall, only relaxing and leaning into the wall when it moves on. There isn't any other close way to get to them soon.]

It's gone.

[Edgeworth flinches at the sound of the swish and crack; a magnified, more destructive version of Franziska's usual whip cracks.

But that's the last they hear - or see - of the dragon, and this time he hazards one glance over his shoulder. Nothing is following them now.]

Thank goodness. That's one less problem to deal with.

[Shiho's eyes dart look at him when she sees him flinching. He didn't have some kind of...dragon trauma, did he?]

Yeah, now we just have to deal with actually logging out and hope they don't throw another monster at us. That sounds easy.

[She crosses her arms, rolling her eyes and leaning against the wall.]

...You okay?

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