002 [Video; English]

[notmanaging]

[The communicator flickers on, showing a shaky video footage of a ceiling moving from side to side. In actuality, Adrian is fiddling with it in her hands, as she tends to do with objects when she's nervous or restless, and is unaware that the video feed is even on.]

...so many people here.

I miss the privacy. It's been...

[And the video feeds

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[dividend]

I-I... I can talk to the others about it!

[notmanaging]

[...Shit! It's only when she hears his voice emitting from the communicator does she realise it was on in the first place, and she quickly sets it down on the edge of her bed.]

Oh, that's quite unnecessary. I'll manage.

[dividend]

... but you're not managing right now, are you?

[notmanaging]

I'm fine.

[And yet, she sounds too defensive to be telling the truth.]

[twin_sai_kame]

Yeah, it can't be great, don't you have like twenty people living in your place?

[notmanaging]

[She still can't believe the communicator was on, and sort of sputters for a bit before replying.]

Only seven, but in my opinion, that is still six people too many.

[twin_sai_kame]

Ah, yeah, sevens still pretty crowded. Maybe you oughtta try finding your own place in the building or something.

[notmanaging]

Maybe. It would be nice to have some peace and quiet again.

[idkmybffmrhat]

... Is it really that bad?

[notmanaging]

I...ah!

[Way to go, Trucy, now you're making her feel bad. She manages to regain her composure, however.]

You could stand to be a little more considerate.

[idkmybffmrhat]

I wasn't... I didn't mean to.

No one else has ever said anything about the noise before.

[notmanaging]

I'm just not used to sharing with quite so many people, that's all.

[verily_ergo]

Unfortunately, a lack of privacy is the hallmark of living in Discedo.

[notmanaging]

[Oh, not Mr. Edgeworth too. How embarrassing.]

I don't have to live here, do I? It's...just safer.

[verily_ergo]

If you would prefer to live elsewhere, I would not stop you, as, unlike me, you have a choice to live away from the noise. However, having those close to him seems to mean something to Phoenix, so I suggest you take up the matter with him if you have not already.

[notmanaging]

[Those...close to him? Surely, Mr. Edgeworth is joking. Certainly, Phoenix's help was appreciated, and might have even helped save her life, but that was all part of his job, and his overly generous nature, nothing else. So, instead, she focuses on another part of his statement.]

You don't have a choice, Mr. Edgeworth?

[turneverystone]

It is, isn't it?

[notmanaging]

Noisy? Yes.

[turneverystone]

You get used to it.