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[This is simply too much for him to handle. He has never seen Phoenix - the great Phoenix Wright, the man famed for his seemingly impeccable resolve and and strength, the man with the budding legacy of continuously 'rising from the ashes' - this broken. Seeing what many other regarded as a pinnacle of strength being brought down like this would make any other man fall to his knees...and he had himself to blame for it. Edgeworth is almost on the verge of panic by now. He nearly chokes out his words as he speaks in a feeble attempt to make it all better somehow...]

Please, forget it...

[His face is stained with tears - not that Phoenix should ever know this, however, lest it makes him feel worse - so, he gently presses his face into Phoenix's tresses in a discreet attempt to get rid of the evidence.]