[Edgeworth doesn't look up, but he does offer a slight nod - a single, grim lowering of the head, an even slighter rise. And then, still not looking up, he offers a humorless little smile.]
I didn't offer my life to him. [A beat.] I wouldn't have. It is short-sighted and ill-advised to give into the wishes of criminals.
I simply...
[Feel guilty. He can't quite finish that statement - even now, he feels it's impossibly foolish and petty and stupid for him to complain about something as inconsequential as his feelings - but he's at least able to hint at it.]
[ And he does. Really. Edgeworth hit the nail on the head when he accused him of doing the same in his position, and while he refuses to admit it, he has a pretty good idea of how he's feeling.
Some of his anger deflates at that. ]
Guilt's a funny emotion, and it can play with your mind. Focus on what you can and should do, not what you didn't. Which you didn't do, for good reason.
[A nod. Edgeworth doesn't look up, even after all of that, even after those encouraging words - but he does manage to force out awkward, self-conscious gratitude.]
Right. I...Thank you, Wright. Rather what I needed to hear.
[ He should really look up, because the last of Phoenix's unhappiness with him fades (when has he ever been able to hold a grudge anyway) and now there's a small but encouraging smile on Phoenix's face. ]
If you forget, I'll be here to remind you. ...But try to remember.
[ And Phoenix will finally pick up his tea and take a sip. ]
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Date: 2014-03-30 11:49 pm (UTC)How is offering to sacrifice yourself ever an option? Irrational is right.
[ Phoenix frowns. ]
Don't let him get in your head. All of this, that's what he wants.
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Date: 2014-03-31 12:31 am (UTC)You're furious with me.
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Date: 2014-03-31 01:08 am (UTC)He is upset, though he manages to sound miraculously mild. ]
Did you expect me to say "you're right, you should have tried to give yourself up in an act of martyrdom"?
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Date: 2014-03-31 01:15 am (UTC)[He shakes his head very slightly.]
I know you'd never say something like that. Never mind that you'd be thinking it if it were you in the same situation.
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Date: 2014-03-31 06:41 am (UTC)Regardless, it's not, so I'm not.
If I ever get the idea in my head to do something like that, you can quote my words back at me, but until then, I'm allowed to be angry.
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Date: 2014-03-31 12:59 pm (UTC)I simply...
[Feel guilty. He can't quite finish that statement - even now, he feels it's impossibly foolish and petty and stupid for him to complain about something as inconsequential as his feelings - but he's at least able to hint at it.]
Well.
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Date: 2014-03-31 09:18 pm (UTC)[ And he does. Really. Edgeworth hit the nail on the head when he accused him of doing the same in his position, and while he refuses to admit it, he has a pretty good idea of how he's feeling.
Some of his anger deflates at that. ]
Guilt's a funny emotion, and it can play with your mind. Focus on what you can and should do, not what you didn't. Which you didn't do, for good reason.
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Date: 2014-03-31 09:35 pm (UTC)Right. I...Thank you, Wright. Rather what I needed to hear.
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Date: 2014-04-01 12:32 am (UTC)If you forget, I'll be here to remind you. ...But try to remember.
[ And Phoenix will finally pick up his tea and take a sip. ]