ACE ATTORNEY AU

[enigmaster]

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[enigmaster]

Ah... It does sound a little weird that way, I guess. ...I'm not sure how much she knows about my situation. She seemed surprised when I told her my address had changed.

[agoodname]

[Oswald blows out a breath at that] ...and how has she handled your previous situations?

[enigmaster]

...

[Edward's... quiet, for a bit.]

...I tried... not to ask for anything if I didn't have to. [Edward's not big on asking for help. With good reason.] Mostly she moved me around a lot or tried getting other people... involved.

[?]

[agoodname]

[???] Other people involved?

[enigmaster]

...Counselors. Therapists. That sort of thing. [He doesn't have great experiences with those.]

[agoodname]

....It doesn't sound like that was a good thing. [from the tone of his voice...]

[enigmaster]

They were always trying to figure out why I felt the need to lie or make up stories. [...] They didn't necessarily all put it that way, but it was pretty obvious that's what was happening. I'm not a fan.

[agoodname]

[Eustace's mouth flattens into a line at that] Oh, lovely. That sounds like a brilliant time.

[enigmaster]

...Yeah. The nicer ones just said I had a very active imagination. But some of them were less kind. [...] And one time I made one of them cry by accident.

[agoodname]

[Oswald blinks at that] Well, if it was an accident, that's hardly on you.

[enigmaster]

Mhm. I was a lot younger then. I didn't quite... understand at the time, that talking about certain ghosts could leave people upset. Nor the significance of why there might be a ghost of someone around my age. [Oops.]

[agoodname]

...ah. And you spoke to said ghost, I take it.

[enigmaster]

Yes. I drew her, too. One of those art therapy things they do with kids... I'm sure that without the proper context it would have seemed, ah... unsettling.

[agoodname]

I take it she was someone important to said therapist.

[enigmaster]

...She was his daughter. So... that didn't go over very well.

[agoodname]

No, I imagine it didn't. [Oswald huffs a bit at that] How were you to know? You were a child yourself, weren't you?

[enigmaster]

I couldn't have, no. I was... maybe around seven years old at the time? I didn't know any better. [Therapy started early.] But it didn't exactly help the impression I gave people about me.

[agoodname]

Yes, well, those people were idiots. So their impression was flawed from the start, I'm afraid. [drawled]

[enigmaster]

...It's fine, really. I think that's kind of... most people's impression of me. ...Definitely everyone's first impression.

[agoodname]

Doesn't make it any less flawed. [he huffs, starting to push to his feet]

[enigmaster]

I don't mind it, really.

[It is what it is.]

[agoodname]

[Oswald arches an eyebrow a bit] ....well, not as though they're worth your time anyway.

[enigmaster]

...I guess. [Yeah, let's just. Go with that.]

[agoodname]

Well--shall we have dinner? I'm famished. [and yep he's gonna move towards the kitchen. Though he's keeping that caseworker in the back of his head--he does NOT feel comfortable with this.]

[enigmaster]

Ah, well- [And Edward's going to follow to the kitchen. Time to get on that and... honestly, Edward's just going to forget about this for now. That's a tomorrow problem. Though it's tomorrow very quickly. It is a work day, though, so. Off to work, huh, Oswald?]