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“He needs protection, which, in this case, regrettably, involves a new identity, and the understanding that the so called ‘phantom’ is dead. You’re a savvy man, Simon. You know that if we put him in prison he’s a dead man.”
Simon grimaced, and crossed his arms tightly over himself.
“Of course I know that. It’s– it’s what he deserves.”
“Perhaps.” Edgeworth turned his chair and gazed out of the great window behind him. “But is it what the world deserves? Should we spend our time spilling blood in vengeance and calling it justice when the person could– by extending his life– prevent further bloodshed? Consider the lives that could be saved if this man were able to help us shut down his entire organization.”
Simon scoffed. “As if he’d do such a thing.”
“Certainly not without convincing,” Edgeworth said. “That’s why I need you and Athena to act as his therapists. I need you to make him want to save those lives– or at least to recognize that it’s in his own interest to do so. I need you to keep him from being a danger to others, so that we can save those lives.”
“Is this your vision for the end of the dark age of the law?”
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