ACE ATTORNEY AU

[enigmaster]

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[agoodname]

[it sure is a tomorrow problem. And both ghost parents are going to make sure that Edward's sleep goes undisturbed.

By the time Edward wakes up the next morning, Oswald will be gone, all evidence of whatever state he was in swept away like it was never there.]

[enigmaster]

[It's... kind of what he was hoping for. That he'd be asleep when Oswald left. He still needs some time to process. He's just... going to stay inside, today. Any ghosts that show up trying to bother him today are just gonna have to fuck off, because he's going to be ignoring them. He just... needs time to think. So. Quiet day indoors. He doesn't have a lot to do, but that's. Fine. Just alone with his thoughts. That's. Great.]

[agoodname]

[sometime around noon, Elijah will make himself known]

"Edward?"

[enigmaster]

[NEVER MIND THIS IS WORSE ACTUALLY] ...Hm?

[agoodname]

[and Elijah will just...come over and sit next to him. Not too close, of course, but he'll still do so]

"How are you feeling?"

[enigmaster]

[Yeah, there's a question.] ...I'm still trying to work that out.

[agoodname]

[. . . .]

"...can I help?"

[enigmaster]

[Edward just... shrugs. He doesn't know.]

[agoodname]

[that's fair. Elijah hums, quietly.]

"It can be a bit difficult to suss out what you're feeling when you're in a situation that you perhaps haven't dealt with before." [he considers] "I suppose it's best to just start with a small piece and go from there. So what's the simplest bit to suss out?"

[enigmaster]

I don't know. [...] I guess I'm kind of angry, still.

[agoodname]

[Elijah nods at that, understanding] "I can understand that. What are you mad about?"

[enigmaster]

That Oswald went behind my back. That he didn't listen to me when I told him I was fine.

...That he shared something that's not his to share.

[agoodname]

[another nod.] "And yet you're still here. Why?"

[enigmaster]

I don't know. ...I just... don't want to leave.

[agoodname]

"....that's a good place to start, then. Figuring out why you don't want to leave."

[enigmaster]

...I guess. [Where does he even start with that? ...] ...He said he was sorry.

[agoodname]

"I should hope so, if he was in the wrong." [gently, but...] "That's unusual, though. For you."

[enigmaster]

...No one's ever apologized for this before. [Or. Well. People haven't really apologized to him much in general, but. Elijah can probably guess as much.]

[agoodname]

"Why is an apology important?"

[enigmaster]

...People just never really seem to care about betraying my trust, I guess. They just act like it's no big deal or they were right to do it or... whatever. [...] I'm still angry about it, but I kind of expected him to just brush it off completely.

[agoodname]

"And he didn't." [Elijah considers that] "And...what are your thoughts on that?"

[enigmaster]

I don't know. It's... weird.

[agoodname]

"It's weird that your opinion and thoughts mean something to him enough that he realized he had misstepped in a big way?"

[enigmaster]

[Well, if you're just gonna come out and say it...] ...Yes.

[agoodname]

"...is it a good weird or a bad weird?"