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[The voice is level, thoughtful, composed, and perhaps familiar.]To those who do not know me, my name is Miles Edgeworth. Until last...October, it seems, I had been a resident of this city, but - as happens to so many - I was returned home. I arrived back here earlier today. Though I've already spoken with some of my contacts regarding some of the

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[ oh noooo ]

*CR1M1N4L* D3F3NS3?
YOU *D3F3ND* CR1M1N4LS???

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[He clears his throat slightly.]

Indeed; I defend the accused. I used to be a prosecutor, but circumstances...changed. May I have your name?

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M4YB3
1 4M NOT QU1T3 SUR3 YOU D3S3RV3 1T Y3T
WHY ON 4NY PL4N3T 1N 4NY UN1V3RS3 WOULD YOU D3F3ND THOS3 GU1LTY OF CR1M3S?

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...Very well.

I defend them for a number of reasons. First and foremost is that they might not be guilty at all, and they deserve the chance to prove as much. After all, our system of justice is not perfect, and those who stand accused might not by the true culprit. By providing competent representation, I ensure that the innocent are not punished - and, therefore, that the guilty do not go free. It ensures the proper functioning of the system of justice to have competent defenders and prosecutors both.

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1F TH3Y W3R3 SUSP3CT3D OF 4NYTH1NG TH3N TH3Y 4R3 OBV1OUSLY GU1LTY 1N SOM3 FORM
P3RH4PS NOT TH3 CR1M3 TH3Y W3R3 4CCUS3D OF
BUT 4 CRM1N4L 1S 4 CR1M1N4L 1S 4 CR1M1N4L
JUST HOW BROK3N 1S YOUR HUM4N JUST1C3 SYST3M 4NYW4Y?
NO WOND3R YOU GUYS 4R3 SO POORLY 3VOLV3D COMP4R3D TO MY SP3C13S

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[He looks down at the text, debating whether or not to mention to this individual that he or she sounds...precisely like him when he was younger. Then he considers how he'd have reacted to such words as a young man and decides to not utter that aloud.]

Then your "species" has a superior system of law?

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ONLY TH3 B3ST OF BOTH UN1V3RS3S
OR THR33, 4S TH3 C4S3 1S H3R3

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Would you be so kind as to describe it, then?

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1 THOUGHT YOU WOULD N3V3R 4SK

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[...All right, perhaps not exactly like him when he was young.]

...Very well. Let us move into slightly less hypothetical territory. Do you deserve to be hunted down and killed and potentially eaten?

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[ she sees (HAH) what you're doing there, edgeworth. ]

NOP3!
1 H4V3 NOT DON3 4NYTH1NG WRONG
4ND OUR L3G1SL4C3R4TORS WOULD KNOW TH4T

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And how would they know?

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TH3Y H4V3 4 POW3R TH3 L1K3S OF WH1CH YOU HUM4NS H4V3 Y3T TO FULLU UT1L1Z3
1 TOLD YOU M1ST3R 3DG3WORTH
TH31R JOB 1S TO UND3RST4ND OTH3RS M1NDS
TO
"S33"
TH3M
1F YOU W1LL >:]

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I won't, actually. Not unless you provide proof that these people are infallible.

FUCK... ignore that typo [crying]

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>:[
1 C4NT DO TH4T H3R3 S4DLY
4LL TH3 BOOKS 1 H4D ON 4LT3RN14N L4W 4R3 ON MY HOM3 PL4N3T
TH3 ON3 TH4T W4S D3STROY3D
OBL1T3R4T3D COMPL3T3LY
K1LL1NG MY LUSUS 4ND BURN1NG DOWN MY TR33H1V3
TH4NKS 4 LOT FOR BR1NG1NG TH4T M3MORY UP >:[

[ okay she's just giving him a hard time for that last bit. ]

don't tell me what to do /THREE SNAPS IN THE SHAPE OF A Z

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I...

[And he is indeed quite shaken by that.]

You have...my condolences.