[ Veronica seems happy to be absorbed in that for a moment, laughs as she twists her fingers, voice taking on a higher pitch. ]
Oh, you got me!
[ Still, after a beat Veronica shifts her fingers away, gives Pess a short scratch between the ears before she stands again. Edgeworth's— good. Methodical, someone she would have liked to have back home she realizes, which is— not something she wants to look at too closely. Maybe it would have been easier, having someone like him, in the days following Lily's death. If—
Well, Veronica. You know what they say about ifs. ]
I know.
[ And then — because Veronica smiles and then feels something strange that feels like that tug of friendship, or maybe guilt, though the guilt is a little more difficult to place — she reaches out and punches him in the shoulder. ]
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Oh, you got me!
[ Still, after a beat Veronica shifts her fingers away, gives Pess a short scratch between the ears before she stands again. Edgeworth's— good. Methodical, someone she would have liked to have back home she realizes, which is— not something she wants to look at too closely. Maybe it would have been easier, having someone like him, in the days following Lily's death. If—
Well, Veronica. You know what they say about ifs. ]
I know.
[ And then — because Veronica smiles and then feels something strange that feels like that tug of friendship, or maybe guilt, though the guilt is a little more difficult to place — she reaches out and punches him in the shoulder. ]
Go get some rest, okay?