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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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1 THOUGHT YOU WOULD N3V3R 4SK
BUT 1 DO NOT TH1NK YOUR SM4LL HUM4N M1ND 1S C4P4BL3 OF UND3RST4ND1NG TH3 B34UTY OF OUR JUST1C3 SYST3M
THOUGH 1 W1LL TRY MY B3ST TO 3XPL41N 1N S1MPL3, 3L3G4NT T3RMS
*4H3M*
WH3N 4 CR1M3 H4S B33N COM1TT3D TH3 GR4ND H1GHBLOOD S3NDS OUT TH3 NOBL3 L3G1SL4C3R4TORS ON SH1PS THROUGH S34S OR SP4C3 1N ORD3R TO 4PPR3H3ND TH3 CR1M1N4LS
TH3 JOB OF 4 L3G1SL4C3R4TOR H4S TO DO W1TH G4TH3R1NG 3V1D3NC3, UND3RST4ND1NG TH3 M1ND OF TH31R OPPON3NTS 4ND TOSS1NG 4S1D3 4LL P3RSON4L 3MOT1ONS TO BR1NG TH3 GU1LTY TO TH31R F1N4L R3ST1NG PL4C3
K1ND OF L1K3 4 M1X OF YOUR HUM4N "D3T3CT1V3S" 4ND "POL1C3 M3N"
TH3 CORPS3S WOULD TH3N B3 DR4GG3D B3FOR3 H1S HONOR4BL3 TYR4NNY 4ND JUDG3D THUS W1TH 4LL TH3 3V1D3NC3 1N TOW
4ND 1F TH3 L3G1SL4C3R4TOR H4S DON3 4 GOOD JOB
H1S HONOR4BL3 TYR4NNY WOULD SHOW H1S GOOD GR4C3 BY NOT 34T1NG TH3M 4FT3R TH3 TR14L H4S 3ND3D
YOU S33 1T 1S 4 V3RY W3LL-RUN SYST3M
TH3 CR1M1N4L 1S 4LW4YS PUN1SH3D FOR WH4T3V3R CR1M3 TH3Y M4Y H4V3 COMM1TT3D 4ND TH3R3 1S NO N33D FOR
TH1S
OFF3NS1V3 TH1NG YOU C4LL 4 "D3F3NS3"
TH3R3 1S S1MPLY NO N33D
YOU C4NNOT B34T 4 L3G1SL4C3R4TOR WH3N 1T COM3S TO HUNT1NG DOWN TH3 W1CK3D 4ND KNOW1NG 3X4CTLY WH4T TH3Y H4V3 DON3 WRONG
TH3Y 4R3 S1MPLY TH3 B3ST TH3R3 1S
H3H3H3

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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.

SOBS ONTO YOUR SHOULDER

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H3H3H3
TH4TS F1N3
W3 W3R3 4LL R3SPONS1BL3 FOR 1T 1N 4 W4Y
1T W4S M34NT TO H4PP3N

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...I do not think that such an attitude is healthy. If indeed this occurred, blaming yourself is far from productive.

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OH YOU
NO W3 L1T3R4LLY D3STROY3D OUR HOM3 PL4N3T
W3 PL4Y3D 4 G4M3 TH4T BROUGHT 4BOUT TH3 4POC4LYPS3

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...A...game cannot cause an apocalypse.

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Y3S 1T C4N
BUT ONLY 1N C3RT41N POCK3TS OF P4R4DOX SP4C3
4K4 1T W1LL T4K3 FOR3V3R TO T3LL YOU 4BOUT 1T

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Forgive me, as I do not know all the details of your experience. But it quite sounds as though you are justifying - but that is not a truth which can be determined here. Nor can the truth of these ultimate judges of right or wrong, who - it seems likely - merely inform others of their infallibility. All that can be examined is our own court system.

/clails 800th comment in the name of JUST1C3

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4ND 4G41N 1 4SK
JUST HOW BROK3N *1S* YOUR HUM4N SYST3M?

Delicious delicious just1c3

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I do not know how you can call it "broken." After all, what defines a "broken" court system?