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[The feed opens to show a very hyper, very happy Growlithe grinning at the camera, and then she looks up and spins in a circle, trotting off-screen before the camera turns and shows Miles Edgeworth with a Poliwag jumping up and down next to him. Pess and Tadpole are back in action, guys! Littleworth, although he wasn't grinning like a retard or dogpiling with his Pokémon like some others, is almost radiating happiness and relief and--

-- what is that sad, lost smile on his face?

He's definitely trying to shrug off whatever's eating him, though, and he picks up Pess, showing her off to the camera.]

She and Tadpole are back to normal, everyone-- I hope your Pokémon are, too.

[There's a small pause as he gives the camera a contemplative frown, as if he's debating something, and then--]

Miss Hawthorne, you're probably still confused by everything, but things are back to 'normal' now, at least for now. Please be careful on your journey, though. [He's genuinely concerned about Dahlia, really, but he's not sure how to approach anyone in this world anymore.

Pess squirms around and jumps out of Edgeworth's hold, onto his lap. But the boy barely acknowledges her as he still stares at his Gear, a frown on his face.

A few, long seconds of silence later, he reaches over. And the feed cuts off.]

Larry, there's something I need to talk to you about.

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[Damnit, he knew this was coming.]

... Yeah. Why?

[There's a bit of a pause until the next reply--]

What happened between the two of them, Larry? iss Hawthorne says she saw Wright kill someone, but I think I know Wright enough to know that he didn't, but I need to ask you the truth. Who is she, Dahlia Hawthore?

[He's really not sure if he should be the one doing the explaining here if Phoenix didn't want to talk about it... Heck, even though Phoenix hasn't gone through that particular case yet, Larry hates thinking about it.

... But it's not every day that people come to him for important things like this. Besides, no kid should have to worry about drama like this, especially when it's his friend.

Finally, he decides.]

Okay, I'll tell you. But I'm not sure if Nick's gonna like it.

[About fifteen minutes pass before Larry's next reply comes in. He had to do a lot of thinking.]

You're right, he didn't kill anyone. Nick's like, totally incapable of killing anyone, especially in those days.

That girl... She used Nick. She never cared about him, no matter how head over heals he was for her. [This is also 99% of Larry's own relationships.] She really screwed him up after that trial. I'm definitely sure he's not completely over her either.

[It wasn't until that case that he finally won over her. That's why Larry's worried about how it's going to gown in Johto.]

[It was less of Phoenix not wanting to talk about it than Edgeworth not wanting to make Phoenix tell the story. The lawyer was willing to talk, but...

A few minutes later, after Edgeworth had let this sink in; ]

Thank you for telling me, Larry. I'll-- when Wright is comfortable talking about it, I'll ask him. I just wanted to know if Miss Hawthorne was someone I cold trust or not. And I guess I shouldn't, huh?

[There's a hint of anger behind his text, and boy, is he angry. Darn those criminals, darn those people who lied and hurt anyone in order to get away with impunity. His hate for them just keeps deepening.]

No prob. I need to talk to him about it too, actually. I know I can't ignore it either.

Yeah, definitely not. It doesn't surprise me that she's running around spouting lies though. [What villain wouldn't try to take advantage of the situation?]

---she does get caught, doesn't she, Larry?
At least, back home.

...Wright seems to buy the hate of a lot of people though. Miss Hawthorne, and Mr. Gavin...

Yeah! That's what Nick told me, at least.

... Actually, it's kind of a long story. It's so hard to explain, though. Nick hasn't even gone through it yet. [Because seriously, how is he going to explain that Dahlia came back from the dead to get revenge?]

Wait, you mean Kristoph? He hates Nick? This is news to me! [In fact, Kristoph said that he was Phoenix's friend.]

Hmmm...

Mr. Apollo implied to me that Mr. Gavin might cause some trouble for Wright... It's. Really confusing. I'd say Mr. Gavin is just a really unctuous person.

[Unctuous. Sure. Larry totally knows what that means.]

Huh... Well I guess we have two people to look out for then.

[Edgeworth didn't really calculate that factor. It's okay Larry, just imagine someone who can sweet talk anything into going their way, with a perfectly fake smile, and that's unctuous for you.]

...Is there anybody else from where you two came from that may possibly end up here, holding a grudge against Wright?

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