[Pess is - now, like always - a calming presence; it takes a few moments to break away from her play with Salem, but when she does she comes to him and leans sweetly against his knees, after a moment putting her muddy paws up on his thigh in an attempt to lick his chin. He encircles her with his arms; she wriggles in happiness; he lets out a sigh, some of the panic from that monstrous epiphany leaking away from him.
It's a full minute after Graham's last comment that Edgeworth replies.]
Perhaps you're right.
[He doesn't really register how long it's been, how strange and awkward that is. Instead he just scratches behind Pess' ears, staring down at her big doggish smile, and is quiet another moment. Finally:]
I do want to thank you for agreeing to this. She seems much cheered.
Okay then I'm not
It's a full minute after Graham's last comment that Edgeworth replies.]
Perhaps you're right.
[He doesn't really register how long it's been, how strange and awkward that is. Instead he just scratches behind Pess' ears, staring down at her big doggish smile, and is quiet another moment. Finally:]
I do want to thank you for agreeing to this. She seems much cheered.