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sometimes I think about Edgeworth keeping a steel samurai fig in his office and I get a little bonkers about it. this is the guy raised to be Perfect, who doesn’t even wear a prosecutors badge because it would look less sophisticated, who wears the same neckwear as his mentor so as to uphold a cohesive image for the family.
and while I think part of it is due to his stubbornness (Oldbag delivered the gift to his office and carrying it out would show that it bothers him or that he cares), I think the more interesting part is that it shows some level of growth, fledgling as it is. his office is the heart of his professional life, and suddenly he’s allowed sentimentality that has nothing to do with his career to have a place in there. immediately behind his desk, no less—one of the first things one might see when they walk in.
and once you notice that, it’s clear that Edgeworth’s stuffy formal office is full of sentimentality; he’s just usually better at disguising it as professionalism. the first examples that come to mind are the framed bratworth suit and his custom chess board. the steel samurai fig, though, is one of the first things in there that he can’t justify as a trophy of his career or an activity that stimulates the mind. it’s just something he likes, and he allows it to live in his heart.
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