I thought it might be a little ambitious for a two-lawyer start up, but who knows, maybe it's just what we need to get someone interested.

[ Much as he'd like to go along with the conversation, and kind of just let this whole confession thing slide back away, he really does need to tell her. And if not now, Phoenix doesn't know when he'd be able to bring it back up again. ]

It wasn't so much early retirement as... early disbarment.

[ He can't quite look her in the eye as he says it, his gaze fixing itself on the flowers instead. A slightly involuntary smile plays on his lips, partly out of nerves. ]