Answering Machine (sirenspull)

[neargenius]

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[voice]

[mentis_reae]

Mr. Near, this is Miles Edgeworth. You had previously expressed a willingness to engage me in a chess match. These plans were as a matter of course disrupted by events beyond our control; I was therefore curious regarding whether or not you maintained an interest in playing this match.

[calling back]

[neargenius]

Edgeworth.

[a pause, then:] We can play.

[mentis_reae]

My apartment is comparatively undamaged.

[neargenius]

You still want to meet there.

[mentis_reae]

I do.

[neargenius]

That is very inconvenient.

Fine. When.

[mentis_reae]

This Saturday.

[neargenius]

The same time?

[mentis_reae]

At 2 pm; I will not be able to go into the office that day, as they're doing repairs. I will therefore be home at that time.

[neargenius]

That is better. Since there has been extensive damage to the city, your apartment will be more difficult to reach.

You will be there, waiting?

[mentis_reae]

I will. Is this amenable to you?

[neargenius]

It would be better if you left, and came back.

[mentis_reae]

I will require that you not plant surveillance equipment in my home.

[neargenius]

That's not my job. And there would be no point.

Fifteen minutes should be acceptable.

[mentis_reae]

You may have them. Do not be tardy; I do not abide tardiness.

[neargenius]

I am never late.