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[jurisimpudent]

I'll not waste my breath pointing out the utter idiocy of your plans to join this game; such words are, to my way of thinking, trite by virtue of their inevitability. Yes, you - like nearly everyone else - have comparatively limited time. And, of course, you wish to play the martyr over this, agonize and complain, so that others will know just how busy and important you are. I'm not going to enable such self-indulgent behavior.

Rather, I'll merely tell you this: if you think you're so utterly and terribly busy, if you think that you've so little time, then don't waste it further with whining. Instead, make it count. I've no use for someone who will dither rather than be a productive member of society.

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[jurisimpudent]

He's an elder statesman amongst prosecutors, but that doesn't make his age one thousand times yours. And perhaps he has righteous anger, and perhaps he is zealous in his pursuit of criminals, but he is neither temperamental nor a sadist. So cease speaking from base jealousy.

[keepyouwaiting]

A zealot is more like it.

And don't you worry your pretty face, little Edgeworth. I'm not jealous of him or the rumors he drags along in his shadow.

[jurisimpudent]

...Rumors?

[keepyouwaiting]

Don't tell me you're his protege and you haven't heard the rumors.

[jurisimpudent]

It's not precisely part of my training as an attorney to be made up-to-date on every bit of idiocy his enemies throw at him to try to discredit him.

[Also, he hasn't left the house in years.]

[keepyouwaiting]

A little advice: never become so focused on the horizon you miss the bells and whistles of the oncoming train. That's a rule to live by.

[jurisimpudent]

Don't waste my time with idiotic, nonsensical metaphors. What are you going on about?

[keepyouwaiting]

That made perfect sense, thank you very much.

But my point is, it's never a bad idea to have an ear out for gossip. There's always the slightest grain of truth buried in the sludge.

[jurisimpudent]

Fine. Then start with my education in muck and sludge by speaking to me about this foolish, womanish "gossip."

[keepyouwaiting]

How probable do you think it is to have a 30-year winning streak and be completely accurate every single time?

[jurisimpudent]

That's something to take up with the police.

[keepyouwaiting]

It's not the police's job to determine who's guilty and who's innocent.

[jurisimpudent]

Then take it up with the judge! It's a prosecutor's job to make certain that not a single piece of criminal scum escapes - not that you greedy, slimy defense attorneys make it easy!

[keepyouwaiting]

The only thing standing between law and order and a totalitarian nightmare is the other side of the system-- defense.

[jurisimpudent]

Better a totalitarian nightmare than what you defense attorneys would like the world to look like. Criminals everywhere, no safety for anyone - aside from you, because you kowtow to them.

[keepyouwaiting]

Oh, no. You've caught us.

[jurisimpudent]

Don't mock me, fool!

[keepyouwaiting]

Ha...! Wow, you really are one of his, aren't you?

[jurisimpudent]

And proudly so.

[keepyouwaiting]

Regardless, I suppose that means I'll be seeing you in the courtroom sooner or later.

[jurisimpudent]

And on that day, you'll have to fear. You and all the rest like you.

[keepyouwaiting]

Ha...! I don't fear anything, and especially not any trained pup of Von Karma's.

Step into the court with me, little Edgeworth, and I'll give you the spanking you deserve.

[jurisimpudent]

More like you'll throw out your shoulder.

[keepyouwaiting]

[Does everything he says have to sound like innuendo?]

Undoubtedly, by the time I'm through with you.

[... yes.]

[jurisimpudent]

Of course, while you're otherwise occupied, I'll have won the case.