009 [Voice]

[fingersnapping]

This place is in worse condition than when I left it. These buildings are uninhabitable.

[There's a slight pause in which there's nothing but the sound of footsteps and a cane tapping against the ground outside.]I wonder what wretched forces brought me here to desolation when I was more than ready to face the circumstances back home the way a Von

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An end to things? Haven't they already ended?

[fingersnapping]

Mr. Wright. Edgeworth's defense lawyer.

You're an idealist, or at the very least, an optimist, aren't you?

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I... guess that'd be a fair enough description...

[fingersnapping]

You must have been, to take on a lost cause such as Edgeworth's...nevertheless, I'm certain you simply wouldn't understand what I am referring to. Someone like you might be satisfied with a pointless future, but I am not.

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Hey, it wasn't a lost cause! He was proved to be not guilty!

You're right, I've got no idea what you're on about.

[fingersnapping]

His innocence is besides the point. The point was that you tried, against impossible odds. What did you think you would achieve?

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... The point is that I believed in him, and I wanted to prove his innocence.

[fingersnapping]

You're a strange man, Phoenix Wright. You claim that your motives were completely selfless?

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I'd like to think that they are.

[fingersnapping]

Then why Franziska as well?

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... What about her?

[fingersnapping]

Don't lie to me, Mr. Wright. You did it for the honor.

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N-No, I didn't! You've got the wrong idea!

[fingersnapping]

Dissatisfied with tarnishing the name of both myself and my protege, you went after my daughter as well. I'd admire your courage if I wasn't certain that it was simply foolhardishness.

[dividend]

Tarnishing your name...? Is that what you think this is about?

[fingersnapping]

If it isn't, you're more stupid than I thought.