dawnward | NV; (formerly on LJ)

I... [There's a prolonged pause.] I think I've forced myself to believe the worst, that she is dead, even if my heart thinks otherwise. Then I won't be surprised if I...if I never see her again.

Well. All evidence points to there being multiple "versions" of us, as substantiated by the fact that those at home do not realize we are gone. Most likely, even if she did perish here, there is some...facet of her still continuing on, which you will see once more.

A facet of her.

Or perhaps her indeed. I do not know.

I don't know either. I just hope for the best but expect the worst.

Quite. Well. In any case. Apologies for the disturbance.

Don't worry about it. You can call me any time.

I doubt there will be much of a need for that.

You never know. Maybe one day you'll let me buy you a drink or some dinner, get you out of the office.

Don't be absurd. My rate of remuneration is considerably higher than yours; to force you to so expend your limited resources would be foolish in the extreme.

Edgeworth, I work two jobs, one being at a place where they serve meals for five hundred dollars a plate. Do you really think I don't have enough?

I do not doubt that you make "enough" to purchase a meal for another. Nevertheless, from a purely utilitarian standpoint, it makes no sense for you to do so, as my base of resources is considerably stronger.

That's what friends do, Edgeworth. They treat each other.

But we are not.

Aren't we? What constitutes someone as a friend in your mind? Is Kei Yuki your friend?

I would consider her a very close acquaintance. One cannot be friends after only a few months of acquaintanceship.

Edited 2010-08-03 21:46 (UTC)

Sure you can. Come on, don't tell me she doesn't make you smile or laugh, or feel good about yourself.

That's a...separate matter.

No it's not.

It is. There are a number of people I enjoy being around. That does not make them friends; it makes them good acquaintances.

So, Phoenix is your only friend?

You...are aware of...

[A slight, uncomfortable pause.]

I've known him fifteen years. He is the only one for whom it would not be disingenuous to use the word.

I hear the way you talk to him.

After fifteen years, you considered him a friend?

I do not talk to him any differently from how I talk to anyone else. But yes.

He's the one who left, and you were upset.

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