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The best line in the game so far comes when Edgeworth explains to Franziska why he gave up his prosecutor's badge. Edgeworth claims: I cast away my badge, because it had become a millstone around my neck. This is a line to thank competent fan translators for. I am convinced that if the AAI team had localized this, they would have butchered this somehow by trying to simplify it to just "a burden" or update the saying to something more general. This is of course a biblical reference, but it's a purposeful re-purposing of the original text, which is warning about people messing with Christ's followers. Here, Edgeworth is making a claim about the corrupted nature of the Prosecutor position.

Anyway, this is a playthrough topic, not a literary analysis, so let's move on. Down the lift we go, back into the PIC lobby, where we have to debate Franziska now. Shes pissed at Edgeworth for giving up his badge. Though I feel like her outburst is more about testing Edgeworths resolve than her actually figuring out the murder. I actually mess up here a bit, because the most obvious block of text (the murder took place in the meeting room) is NOT the one youre supposed to object to, but the one after, which is basically like what do you think of that, Edgeworth? Also, there are two pieces of evidence that could be used to show that the crime scene was somewhere else. Needless to say, it took me four tries.

Franziska reveals that she is here to investigate the evidence auction/smuggling ring and arrest the Conductor - who just so happens to wear a white suit and purple corsage, like the victim. Franziska recognizes Lotta, and I suppose shes still a little bitter about 2-2, because she does not like her whatsoever. 2-2 is certainly not Franzy's finest hour, but to be fair, it's no one's.

Courtney appears, as does Debeste Senior. They scold Edgeworth for a little while and then reveal that they found the red raincoat, did some tests on it, and it turns out the person wearing the red raincoat was the victim all along. So there was some kind of wardrobe change. Gotta say, I'm a bit lost for answers at this point, but I'm sure things will come into focus soon. In any case, something comes loose in Kays amnesia, and she remembers looking down on the person in the red raincoat, which makes her think she was guilty all along. Clearly a Maya 3-5 situation.

Next: Blaisie throws the book at Edgeworth for an illegal investigation and aiding and abetting a criminal. Edgeworth's in the slammer!

Side note:I get the feeling a lot of these serious repercussions will be addressed by the end of the case, if not the game, but it strikes me that this could be laying the foundation for a canonical explanation for Edgeworths inaction/absence in the 4-0 narrative. A big complaint I had about that case was that, given all the friends Phoenix had made, theres no way what actually happened in 4-0 would actually happen: Edgeworth wouldve done something and Gumshoe wouldn't have thrown away two and a half games of character development. I remember there being some throwaway lines in Dual Destinies, about Edgeworth being sorry he couldn't help. But if Edgeworth actually lost his prosecutors badge and was pre-occupied getting it back during 4-0, then it kind of makes sense. AJ still sucks and Hobonix shouldve been a completely new character, but I digress.

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