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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]

And why should I have to "work for" anything?

[awakenings]

It's called "life", and nothing you ever do in it is for free.

[jurisimpudent]

And information should be freely given.

[awakenings]

Don't be naive. When was the last time you ever had that happen to you?

[jurisimpudent]

Just the other day, actually.

[awakenings]

By arguing, right?

[jurisimpudent]

By studying when I was told to study.

[awakenings]

That just means you're good at following directions. If learning the truth, the answers, meant disobeying whoever is in charge of you, would you do it?

[jurisimpudent]

I...No one is "in charge of" me. I'm lucky enough to have a very generous teacher. Don't misinterpret things.

[awakenings]

You're dodging the question, Miles Edgeworth.

[jurisimpudent]

Because your base assumptions are wrong.

[awakenings]

Fine. If your teacher forbid you to go outside your world to look for answers, but you knew staying inside would mean that you wouldn't find them, would you disobey in order to find that truth?

[jurisimpudent]

...If he did so, it would be in service of the truth.

[awakenings]

Again, dodging the question.

I don't care about why he would obscure these things from you. If you'd blindly follow someone because you believe that what they're doing is the truth instead of seeking it out for yourself, then you're just playing pawn to someone else's game.

[jurisimpudent]

He's not the sort of person who plays a game. Stop making such idiotic assumptions!

[awakenings]

You're being defensive. I'm making a generalized statement about everyone, whether it's your mentor or not. That's how things are. If you blindly follow what anyone says, then you're just being a sheep.

[jurisimpudent]

And if you follow what no one says, you're a criminal!

[awakenings]

And the word "criminal" holds different requirements in different cities. For instance, in mine, a criminal is someone who merely questions authority and purpose. That's a crime punishable by execution.

[jurisimpudent]

Then that's something to be changed. That doesn't change the fact of what I said. You can't spend your life in disobedience.

[awakenings]

Must it only be one extreme or the other? Only black and white?

[jurisimpudent]

Yes.

[awakenings]

Then you truly are blind to the real world.

[jurisimpudent]

Or you are.

[awakenings]

I highly doubt that.

[jurisimpudent]

I don't. Where do you come from, Miss Mayer? What has your life been?