ACE ATTORNEY AU

[enigmaster]

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[agoodname]

[....that's not a no.

Elijah finishes materializing, and sits next to Edward on the bed. and just...waits.]

[enigmaster]

[Edward withdraws into himself more. It's... hard. He's not sure he can say anything. He just knows that, at some point, the nervousness turned into anxiety which is slowly just turning into all-encompassing fear. It's familiar. That doesn't really make it any easier. He needs... a bit. Just give him a few more moments to get himself together. Slow breaths. It's fine, just. Slow breaths.]

[agoodname]

[that's fine. Edward can take all the time he needs. Elijah is used to being patient.]

[enigmaster]

[It's a few more moments and then Edward... manages to get there. Kind of.] ...I kind of... messed that up, right?

[agoodname]

"...how so?" [gently--a simple inquiry]

[enigmaster]

I kind of freaked out at the end there.

[agoodname]

"A little bit, yes, but not to the point where I would say it's messed up."

[enigmaster]

It feels like it. ...I'm bad at this.

[agoodname]

[he can't help but chuckle just a little at that]

"To be fair, I don't think you're as bad as you think you are...and my son is not particularly good at "this" either."

[enigmaster]

No, I'm... I know I'm bad at it, I don't need-- It's fine. That I am. That's just how it is, you know.

[agoodname]

"I'm hardly sugarcoating, Edward." [gently, again] "You sound very certain of that, however."

[enigmaster]

Because I am? I don't get people and I'm not good at dealing with them, that's just... a fact.

[agoodname]

"I think you've been doing fine. But people aren't always exactly patient."

[enigmaster]

[Edward scoffs a little.] Expecting people to be patient with me is kind of asking a lot. [Not worth the effort.] I don't expect anyone to do that.

[agoodname]

"....I can understand that." [quietly]

"But...I don't think Oswald would be angry with you for being a little wrongfooted now and then."

[enigmaster]

Well, that's nice of him. Not that it really matters. This is only for the rest of the week and then... that'll be that. [He'll get a place. And then he won't get to see Oswald anymore.]

[agoodname]

[Elijah presses his lips together a bit uncertainly]

"You...don't want to see him after this week?"

[enigmaster]

Whether I do or not doesn't especially matter.

[agoodname]

"Whyever not?"

[enigmaster]

Because it's better for everyone if I just go away. [He says it like a simple statement of fact. Like it should be obvious.] Better than sitting around and waiting to see how this gets ruined. No, thanks...

[agoodname]

[and Elijah just...frowns a little at that]

"...is it? Better for everyone?" [he rubs his thumb over his own knuckles] "I think Oswald would miss you dearly."

[enigmaster]

[Edward scoffs at that. The thought of someone missing him is just... too ridiculous.]

[agoodname]

"Ah....did I say something wrong?"

[enigmaster]

Mhm. People don't miss me.

[agoodname]

"You said they don't come back, either." [gently]