[Video] Then I drown in a precious little meltdown...

[gaveherwings]

To all my patients...

[Daedalus is speaking levelly to his holobook NV, which is propped up in the booth of a diner possibly recognizable as the one across the street from Skye Medical Center. A waitress passes with a pot of coffee, gives him a comforting pat on the shoulder and an 'It'll be okay, Doc' which he half-cringes away from, before drawing

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[proxysearch]

[Brb, you'll have a Proxy bodyguard in about four minutes, Daedalus.]

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[gaveherwings]

[Oh god please don't, Re-l...you're a newcomer caseworker! The last thing you need to do is have your work here slandered too by showing up in the middle of this.]

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[proxysearch]

[Like she cares. Just be glad that she didn't hit anybody when she pulled up in her car, even if the urge is there. She practically sweeps herself right to his side, easily pushing past the camera people.]

Daedalus.

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[gaveherwings]

[Daedalus, spare for looking as though he's been shoved face-first into special platter number 5 and his life is over...between being mobbed by reporters-

His face lights up briefly at a familiar face sliding through the crowd and coming to his side, then quickly shifts into a panic, struggling to follow her lead out of the diner]

What are you doing here! Re-l...we've got to move.

[peoplesprincess]

It's been three days; I want to go home.

[Voice; private]

[gaveherwings]

I'm afraid that's...not under my jurisdiction right now, Azula, you'll be transferred another primary.

When you learn their name, tell me, and I'll try to have a word about getting you accelerated healing.

[Voice; private]

[peoplesprincess]

They got the metal out; what more do they want to do? I'm not letting any of you lock me up!

[Voice; private]

[gaveherwings]

You sustained internal injury and muscle damage. You do want to be able to walk again, yes?

[voice]

[mentis_reae]

[Edgeworth speaks loudly and sharply - not to Daedalus, but to those around him.]

Step away from him, or you will be prosecuted most stringently for harassment. This is a private citizen, and he is legally entitled to privacy.

[voice]

[gaveherwings]

[A kind defense, prosecutor, but damned if there was ever a time to dearly miss one's set of personal entourage to flank us through a crowd.

Private citizen. Citizen. Not really, Edgeworth, we're immigrants... but a noble effort, nonetheless. We're grateful. We're calling you once we're safely within the backseat of Re-l's police vehicle, a bit shaken and worse for wear.]

Thank you, for that.

[voice]

[mentis_reae]

[A grimace.]

Do not thank me for dishonesty. Charges like those would not stand; I was merely trying to bully them.

Are you injured?

[voice]

[gaveherwings]

I didn't ask to press charges, but sometimes an empty threat is enough to back down from. So...thank you anyway, prosecutor.

Shoved against the counter. I have syrup and eggs in my hair. But nothing serious.

I'll just have to pick a new diner.

[Video - A little while later]

[subject_seven]

Doctor Yumeno?

[Video - A little while later]

[gaveherwings]

[A soft, defeated sigh]

Yes, Nana?

[Video - A little while later]

[subject_seven]

Are you okay?

[Video - A little while later]

[gaveherwings]

No, Nana. I'm...discouraged, right now.

[Video]

[steel_goddess]

...I'm sorry Doc. [Samus is upright for the first time days, a bandage over half her face to cover the burns and lesions, and another around her neck. She'd fought to get up at the sight of him under attack, to struggle out of bed to help...only to be sat back down by one of the nurses like she was an infant.]

I never meant...I'll make this right somehow.

[Video ; Private]

[gaveherwings]

I agreed to this, remember.

Are you alright? Pyke's not letting anyone in to harass you. I can assure you, we are not handing you over to SERO Hospital, no matter what.

[Video ; Private]

[steel_goddess]

I'm fine...been watching the news posts I missed while I was under. [Her one good eye is haunted, dull and lusterless where before it was bright.]

Lots of people dead, lots of people hurt, including you.

Pyke's fine. We don't like each other, but we understand each other. I'm going to fix this, I have some ideas...[Some really, really bad ideas.]

[Video ; Private]

[gaveherwings]

I'm sorry, please, don't- ...this was a truth that you were very bold in bringing to light. And the public's reaction, that's not your fault.