[ and that's it, as close to ceding the point as he'll get. adopting kids is another sore point; makes him think of erin unconcious on the floor, dying slowly at the hospital because of the shit he dragged her into. ]
[And that concession from Josh tempers Edgeworth's anger enough that he - reluctantly, perhaps - sends a text that he hopes communicates just how important this is to him.]
Because that is what he did for me, and I have yet to hear him complain.
[He feels abruptly nervous, and a little bit ill, because - Did he make himself seem pathetic? Is that the reason Josh is now speaking with some kindness? He did seem pathetic, didn't he. That...God, it's a miserable feeling to wonder if you just exploited what happened to win cheap points. Still, he struggles to shake that off, tries to give a more dignified answer for why he's indebted:]
As am I. I might have become a prosecutor without his assistance, but I would be undeniably lesser. He has given me the tools for considerable success.
[There: his own usual, defensive, only somewhat truthful response to that sort of thing. And moving along:]
I love the law. I believe in it as I believe in nothing else; I hold that it is the way to improve lives as nothing else can. But others do not have such faith; when I tried to push for laws, I was shouted down, and so I set them aside, to refine them, to rewrite them, to make them perfect for a time when it would be appropriate to introduce them.
Then Lupin came along, with his glib and thoughtless work of a few minutes. Amateurish stuff, presented perhaps guilelessly but at an offensively opportunistic time, just a few minutes after we saw that brutal murder. And now the atmosphere is more hostile to the law than ever, when I thought it was moving towards me being able to move forward. One would have expected better from an individual who moves through life acting like a modern saint.
[He sends it, and then re-reads it and immediately winces; he hadn't really realized the tone of that last sentence; it ended up too honest.]
You're blaming Remus for the way other people treated you, you know that, right? Shouting him down doesn't make it any better. I agree it wasn't great timing, but I'm sure he thought it was an important time to discuss it, not an opportunistic one.
[ and he almost hesitates to send the next part, but it's not like he's been playing nice so far anyway. ]
Do I even want to ask why you're so jealous of a teenager?
[He'd normally say no, but that completely nonjudgmental response sort of...makes him feel better. Even better than a no it's not pathetic, just shrugging it off. So:]
That depends. Will you promise to inquire with the medical staff afterwards for if they have some sort of amnesia pill to make you forget how pathetic all it is?
[There's a slight pause; he wonders if Josh will be backing out of it in the next week, or if he's saying that in the hopes that Edgeworth will forget.
[ josh considers explaining, though it's got nothing to do with knowing edgeworth's suspicions; it's more selfish than that. because he's self-conscious about this, likes to make it clear it's his 'condition' and not just him putting up walls, but-
he doesn't. mostly because that means bringing up the topic, and he's not quite sure he's game to discuss the wolf with edgeworth again so soon. ]
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[text] wow why do they even try
[ and that's it, as close to ceding the point as he'll get. adopting kids is another sore point; makes him think of erin unconcious on the floor, dying slowly at the hospital because of the shit he dragged her into. ]
[text] Complete failures
Because that is what he did for me, and I have yet to hear him complain.
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I'm sorry I called him an asshole.
[ it's a good thing it's over text, though. otherwise it might sound just this side of placating. ]
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Thank you. You can say whatever you wish about me, but please not about him.
[text]
[ and, because he was clearly in the wrong: ]
I'm glad he was there for you, Miles.
[text] oh josh you have no idea how right you were
As am I. I might have become a prosecutor without his assistance, but I would be undeniably lesser. He has given me the tools for considerable success.
[There: his own usual, defensive, only somewhat truthful response to that sort of thing. And moving along:]
It was good of you to stick up for Lupin.
[text] sob
It's a lot to deal with.
[ 'it' being the deaths of 50 pirates, naturally. ]
[text]
I love the law. I believe in it as I believe in nothing else; I hold that it is the way to improve lives as nothing else can. But others do not have such faith; when I tried to push for laws, I was shouted down, and so I set them aside, to refine them, to rewrite them, to make them perfect for a time when it would be appropriate to introduce them.
Then Lupin came along, with his glib and thoughtless work of a few minutes. Amateurish stuff, presented perhaps guilelessly but at an offensively opportunistic time, just a few minutes after we saw that brutal murder. And now the atmosphere is more hostile to the law than ever, when I thought it was moving towards me being able to move forward. One would have expected better from an individual who moves through life acting like a modern saint.
[He sends it, and then re-reads it and immediately winces; he hadn't really realized the tone of that last sentence; it ended up too honest.]
[text]
[ and he almost hesitates to send the next part, but it's not like he's been playing nice so far anyway. ]
Do I even want to ask why you're so jealous of a teenager?
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I'm not
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I guess it's just one of my many flaws of character. Threatened by someone barely even pubescent, as it turns out.
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[ and a delay, then another text: ]
Is it something you want to talk about?
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That depends. Will you promise to inquire with the medical staff afterwards for if they have some sort of amnesia pill to make you forget how pathetic all it is?
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[ the days before and after the shift, he's extra on edge; he doesn't see that ending well considering the last time they spoke. ]
Make a date of it? Next week?
[text]
Well. If he is, that is his prerogative.]
Certainly. Next week.
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he doesn't. mostly because that means bringing up the topic, and he's not quite sure he's game to discuss the wolf with edgeworth again so soon. ]
Great. I'll get back to you soon.