IC Inbox [Cerealia]

[bewrightback]

"If you're looking for Phoenix Wright, you've called the Wright number! Leave a message after the beep, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can!"

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[psycholawgy]

[ ha... does she have anything interesting to share apart from the fact that she almost waged war with manfred von karma?

she laughs amiably as she thinks. ]

Well... things have been fine. I moved back into my apartment the other day.

[bewrightback]

You did, huh? Did things go alright there?

[psycholawgy]

I can't say for sure.

But one of Ryuko's enemies arrived here, so Ryuko had to move out for a while so the person couldn't track her down. And she made me move out, too. Then Ryuko told me she was coming back, so... [ shrugs. ] I think things are under control.

[bewrightback]

[He frowns and steeples his fingers in thought.]

That sounds serious. I really do hope things are under control.

But your Ryuko friend always sounds like a good person. I don't think that she would do this if things weren't handled. But if something does happen... You do know that we're here to help you.

...Especially Edgeworth. He's the one with powers now. [Just casually volunteering him as Athena's personals security, no big deal.]

[psycholawgy]

It's fine, really! I— I don't want any of you to get hurt. But if I need your guys' help, then I'll be sure to let you know right away.

[bewrightback]

But none of us want you to get hurt... times two. [He smiles lightly.] I'd appreciate that, Athena.

[psycholawgy]

I've already gotten hurt here a ton of times. . . I almost died, too.

[ She's been hiding this fact from so many people for a while now, but she may as well say it to people now that she's told Ryuko and Simon about it. ]

[bewrightback]

[Now Phoenix rises to the edge of his seat with a start, instantly looking concerned.]

Athena...! What happened?

[psycholawgy]

[ The rise in Phoenix's tone surprises her, but she's back to being calm right after. ]

It happened during the blizzard. A car ran me over.

[bewrightback]

[His eyes do widen in concern. I knew that she was hiding something... but I didn't imagine that!]

...I'm so sorry, Athena. I had no idea. How bad was it...?

[psycholawgy]

[ She pushes herself back into the couch. Well, as far as she can go, anyway. It's not something she can openly talk about, so she minimises herself before anything else. ]

I— I was found by three people before things got too late.

The worst part was that I saw my mom.

[bewrightback]

[Phoenix glances towards her as she speaks. He wants to comfort her in some way, but it looks like she needs her space.]

I'm glad that people were able to find you at least, Athena.

...So you really did see her. [That was the part I had suspected.]

[psycholawgy]

You knew?

[ She's not offended, or anything of the sort. But she is staring at him now. ]

[bewrightback]

I suspected it, with everything that happened. I saw Mia... and I know that others saw people too. I thought you were hiding something about that day, and I thought that might have been it. I almost pressed you about it, but I didn't want to make you relive it.

[psycholawgy]

I'm sorry.

[ She looks at her feet as she apologises, not even considering the other person in the room with her. ]

Everything was just... strange, I guess. I thought she loved me, but then she said I was worthless. [ As sad as a topic this may be, she puts up a smile all of a sudden. ] But everything's okay, now. Simon helped me feel better.

[bewrightback]

You don't have to feel sorry about that.

[He smiles lightly.]

I hoped that if I didn't help you... that he would. So I'm glad that things are alright, Athena. And I hope that you realized that her real feelings towards you were the opposite.

[psycholawgy]

You mentioned a Mia Fey earlier... [ And she's 100% certain that she's met Mia Fey here. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that even Metis Cykes' code may be restore in this place... ]

I met her, too. But not during the blizzard. It happened a few weeks back.

[bewrightback]

[He blinks.]

I must really be slacking if I never mentioned her by name before. Mia's my mentor... the one who taught me everything I know about being a lawyer. [Shouldn't that have come from law school Phoenix.]

And of course, she's Maya's older sister and Pearls's cousin. ...And yes, she is living here in this city for real now. [He smiles fondly; her presence here has been an absolute gift.]

[psycholawgy]

Oh... No wonder Miss Maya said she's the boss. Since she's your boss' sister.

[ Sage nods. ] That makes sense.

[bewrightback]

...

Actually, that's just because Maya is Maya...

[psycholawgy]

... what?

[bewrightback]

Maya just likes calling herself a boss. The fact that she's related to an actual one is just a coincidence...

[psycholawgy]

So Mia Fey is... was? [ she pauses to see what Phoenix's expression might be when referring to Mia in the past tense. ] your boss, and you're the boss of her little sister.

That sounds messed up to me.

[bewrightback]

...How is that messed up? You know a law firm isn't exactly the kind of business that just gets passed down the family...

[psycholawgy]

Woah!

Does this mean I can be the next boss of the agency?!