[Edgeworth is usually steely-nerved - or at least puts forth the appearance of having steely nerves. He's trained himself assiduously over the course of several years to be controlled, composed, firm - but he's found lately, in the past few weeks, that he's lost a lot of that control. So he reacts more strongly than is his wont, tensing and leaning forward and turning towards the man with thin lips - ready to go on the defensive, or on the attack.
After a moment, he forces himself to calm down; it's nearly a visible effort. But once he is calm, he pushes himself to his feet, and once standing he at least cuts a fairly impressive figure: tall, handsome, broad-shouldered, with a truly impressive and venomous and near-constant glare. A few years younger than Snape, though, and with something nervous about the way he stands and folds his arms.]
Of course. You do such vital work.
[That's said with an acid twist of sarcasm - a very unfair twist of sarcasm, truth be told. Edgeworth hasn't any idea what they actually do in Snape's department; Tyke had handled all dealings with them, and Sirius had thoroughly convinced him that any endeavor of Snape's wasn't really worth looking into.]
I would have appreciated a message warning me of your lateness. That would have only been polite.
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After a moment, he forces himself to calm down; it's nearly a visible effort. But once he is calm, he pushes himself to his feet, and once standing he at least cuts a fairly impressive figure: tall, handsome, broad-shouldered, with a truly impressive and venomous and near-constant glare. A few years younger than Snape, though, and with something nervous about the way he stands and folds his arms.]
Of course. You do such vital work.
[That's said with an acid twist of sarcasm - a very unfair twist of sarcasm, truth be told. Edgeworth hasn't any idea what they actually do in Snape's department; Tyke had handled all dealings with them, and Sirius had thoroughly convinced him that any endeavor of Snape's wasn't really worth looking into.]
I would have appreciated a message warning me of your lateness. That would have only been polite.