[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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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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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?
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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.