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[voice]

[mentis-reae.livejournal.com]

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.

[voice]

[walkthedawn.livejournal.com]

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

[voice]

[mentis-reae.livejournal.com]

But we are not.

[voice]

[walkthedawn.livejournal.com]

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

[voice]

[mentis-reae.livejournal.com]

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

[voice]

[walkthedawn.livejournal.com]

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

[voice]

[mentis-reae.livejournal.com]

That's a...separate matter.

[voice]

[walkthedawn.livejournal.com]

No it's not.

[voice]

[mentis-reae.livejournal.com]

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

[voice]

[walkthedawn.livejournal.com]

So, Phoenix is your only friend?

[voice]

[mentis-reae.livejournal.com]

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.

[voice]

[walkthedawn.livejournal.com]

I hear the way you talk to him.

After fifteen years, you considered him a friend?

[voice]

[mentis-reae.livejournal.com]

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

[voice]

[walkthedawn.livejournal.com]

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

[voice]

[mentis-reae.livejournal.com]

Very well. Well observed.

[voice]

[walkthedawn.livejournal.com]

It takes you fifteen years to admit someone's your friend.

[voice]

[mentis-reae.livejournal.com]

One only has perhaps two or three friends in one's lifetime.

[voice]

[walkthedawn.livejournal.com]

Maybe you, but a lot of people would disagree with you.

[voice]

[mentis-reae.livejournal.com]

[A slight pause.] Very well, then. Perhaps I am merely abnormal.

[voice]

[walkthedawn.livejournal.com]

You don't trust people, do you?

[voice]

[mentis-reae.livejournal.com]

There are a number of people whom I trust. Several.

[voice]

[walkthedawn.livejournal.com]

Then what makes a person a friend to you?

[voice]

[mentis-reae.livejournal.com]

I am not...particularly comfortable discussing that topic.

[voice]

[walkthedawn.livejournal.com]

[A pause, but then:] Fair enough.

[voice]

[mentis-reae.livejournal.com]

All right. [A slight pause.] It is not...that I do not like people. Truly. No matter what it may seem. It's merely that...Well. That my definitions are abnormal, then.