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IC Inbox [Cerealia]

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[He nods slowly and looks towards her with a light smile.]

Ema...

You're the opposite of a rotten egg. [Does that make her... a nice egg? A goose? I'm not sure, but whatever it is, she's it.] They're just wary because it's different. Your future. And just like me, they don't want to risk giving away things you shouldn't know yet. Unlike me, they don't have the advantage of having known you at this age, too.

[He pauses, folding his hands together, and his smile grows more wistful as he goes on.]

Things won't go as you expect. That's right, Ema. But despite that, you're still going to help us solve a number of cases. Whatever it is that you will become, you are still going to be an invaluable ally in seeking out the truth and saving innocent lives. And you'll always be an invaluable friend as well.

[Slowly, she nods, taking all of that in. Somehow, some way, she'd figured that something was going to go wrong. This was the nail in that coffin, and it hurt. Of course it did. What did you expect, numbskull? Of course it hurts. But there are words of encouragement in there too. Little things that make it hurt a little less. She knows she helps Edgeworth, and Apollo and Klavier both have told her that much. They aren't lying, she trusts that much. They're not telling her the truth, presumably to spare her, but she can live with that. But she'd needed to hear this, that she's sure of.

Because even if she isn't where she wants to be, there's something Lana had always made sure she understood. That the best way to live your life was by helping other people. That's why she was a detective, and why Ema had wanted to be one. And...]

I'm going to become a part of the police...and I will still help people? No matter what, right?

[He nods and points a finger-gun at her.]

You got it right on the money, Ema. I know that I can always count on you - at any age. [I'm sure that Senior Citizen Ema will be full of surprises too someday.]

Well I'd like to think that I won't forget someone that saved my sister's life...and mine.

[Seriously, though? That finger-gun makes her smile just a bit.]

And I guess I'm lucky, in a way, to have an idea of what's coming...

[He lowers the finger gun and gives a warm smile.]

It's never too early too early to start preparing for the future, Ema, as long as you still hold onto who you are now at the same time.