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[takethat]

[Thanks to Larry not knowing how to operate a stepladder correctly, Phoenix is currently laid up in bed, blue cast on his right leg, and an endless stream of whining ever at the ready.

He's also incredibly bored. Painting and drawing got old long ago, and he can't seem to stay focused on anything he tries to read. Never mind that he could probably pretty easily get out of bed and actually do something despite his (not very severely) broken leg...

He whines, over-dramatic, into the journal.]

Don't trust Larry Butz, everybody... he'll just break your bones and make you miserable...

...on a related note, come and sign my cast.

[With a bit of apprehension, he adds a filter.]



Um... Trucy? ...mind keeping your uh... old man... company for a little while?

[Good lord but he feels ridiculous even asking this of a teenager he's only just recently met.]

Comments

[takethat]

So mean...

[He shakes his head.]

It's a good thing I love you...

[cantacquityou]

Otherwise...?

[takethat]

...I'd smack you, of course.

[cantacquityou]

You just did.

[takethat]

...I'd slap you harder and with intent to hurt.

[cantacquityou]

Wouldn't that be considered domestic abuse?

[takethat]

We aren't married, so no.

[cantacquityou]

Phoenix... Domestic abuse occurs between intimate couples, not necessarily between married couples only. You are a lawyer, you should know this. [Flick at the head]

[takethat]

I haven't been a lawyer in almost a year. ...and I was never the kind of lawyer that dealt with that stuff...

[cantacquityou]

Of course you are! You are a defense attourney. Surely, if you haven't happened upon a domestic abuse case just yet, you will in the future.

...and if you have not, you may very well still be a... wet-behind-the-ears lawyer... [Here is some whimsical speech and cheek-pinching. :/]

[takethat]

You know all my cases are murders. If someone kills their significant other, "domestic abuse" isn't really the issue anymore.

[He frowns at having his cheeks pinched.]

[cantacquityou]

I'd beg to differ, but on another note, you certainly have a penchant for murder cases, don't you?

[takethat]

I never really intended to focus completely on homicide, but it kind of ended up that way, didn't it?

[A half-shrug.]

If I'm good at it, I guess it doesn't really matter much, huh?

[cantacquityou]

Dumb luck, I say.

[takethat]

I miss it, though. I kind of miss the adrenaline rush of dealing with such a serious crime.

[cantacquityou]

I'm sure you'll have yourself a murder case just around the corner. Keep your hopes up, and someone may just die.

[takethat]

I'll keep that in mind.

[He rolls his eyes.]

What about you, anyway? Don't you work predominantly with murder too nowadays?

[cantacquityou]

Not necessarily. I work on the murder cases that you happen to be involved with, so I could see where you'd get that impression. Then again, I tend to pick up cases that eventually ends up in murder, for some reason.

[takethat]

Huh... what other kinds of cases have you worked on, then?

[Underneath Edgeworth is the best time to be asking this.]

[cantacquityou]

Smuggling and human trafficking, for example.

[takethat]

What... really? That kind of stuff? That's dangerous!

[And so impressive. His admiration for Edgeworth has just increased yet again.]

[cantacquityou]

...As being in Criminal Law tends to be.

[takethat]

I guess, but I've rarely felt like I was in danger at work. A few times... but rarely.

[cantacquityou]

That is because the area in your brain that perceives danger has been long damaged.

[takethat]

[He grins.]

I take that as a high compliment.