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UNIT№409



_“ Hey, it's me. Wait for the thing. _”

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[Her stare is frank and borderline challenging. She steps right in, posture upright, shoulders back, not missing how bad he looks.]

What's going on with you?

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[He doesn't know what she's referring to, so that gets a dully confused look.]

What?

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Well... you look terrible.

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[Jesse drops his gaze momentarily. Oh, yeah, he probably does look like shit. It hadn't occurred to him.]

Uh, nothing. Just Edgeworth...

[He doesn't finish the thought. He simply shrugs and rubs the back of his neck.]

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Yeah. You switched with him, right?

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Yeah.

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Jesse... [She pauses, watching his face intently.]

Are you okay?

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Yeah, I'm fine. Sick. I'll get over it.

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[Still staring, not wholly bought off by that but taking it for now.]

That tattoo...

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What about it?

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Did you seriously do that? Was that a real thing?

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[He rolls his eyes.]

Jesus, you're still worried about that thing? It was fake. Obviously.

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Well I wasn't sure! But good!

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You seriously think I'm that much of a douchebag?

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It did seem pretty mean for you but he did want to send you to jail.

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Well, yeah, but I belong in jail, so I can't exactly blame the guy.

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Wait, did you kill the guy?

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No. Ugh, nevermind.

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Oh no. You explain yourself.

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You ain't figured it out by now?

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I want to hear it from you.

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What do you wanna hear? "I'm a criminal?" There you go.

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Well what did you do?

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I'm a drug lord. What do you think?

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Ughhhh. [She has so little frame of reference for that, except from the Port. Rin paces in a jerky circle and rubs her hands over her face.]

Well then he should've sent you to jail for being a drug lord, not for killing some guy.