(The Usual fanfiction disclaimer here. I own nothing.)

It was a bright sunny day as Miles Edgeworth led Franziska Von Karma though a crowded city streets. She proclaimed, "Miles Edgeworth! How much farther is this restaurant of yours?"

Edgeworth replied, as he drew her around the corner. "Here it is. This is the perfect day to enjoy an outdoor restaurant, and this is the best outdoor restaurant in town. Here it is."

As the two prosecutors sat down a waiter said, "Good day, Mister Edgeworth. Your usual tea?"

Edgeworth nodded, and as the waiter left, Edgeworth asked, "So how is your case going, Franziska?"

Franziska clutched her whip and said, "I am aiming for perfection in my case, as usual."

Edgeworth replied, "I was wondering Franziska, have you learned from your failures?"

Franziska readied her whip and yelled, "Why should I torture myself dwelling on my own failures?"

Edgeworth waved his finger and replied, "There is a very wise old saying, you learn more from your failures then by your successes."

She was about to whip him when the waiter arrived with tea. Luckily for Edgeworth, she took her tea instead. "You speak as if I made mistakes. I aimed for perfection, as always."

Edgeworth replied as he finished a sip of tea, "Franziska, if our cases were truly perfect, we would not have prosecuted the wrong person. I remember every case I ever lost, and I know the mistakes I made. I admit I made them, and hope I've learned from them."

Franziska replied, "What mistakes are those?"

Edgeworth shrugged and said, "Tell you what. I'll admit in detail my own mistakes here. Tonight I'll look over your court records, then tell you what you did wrong."

Franziska said, "I doubt you'll find anything noteworthy. It was a fluke that I lost."

Edgeworth thought, "You were wrong in five cases! Five flukes?"

Franziska continued, "Tell me your mistakes."

Edgeworth said, "Franziska, have you ever met Prosecutor Payne?" Franziska shook her head. Edgeworth continued, "I read about his case where Wright was the defendant while researching Dahlia Hawthorne. Payne said in this case that it was the prosecutors duty to believe in his witness. With all due respect to Prosecutor Payne, that's stupid. Witnesses are human. All humans are capable of lying, or being wrong. It is part of a prosecutors job to make sure they are not before presenting them to the court. Wright once told me about his first case, which was against Prosecutor Payne. Payne's one witnesses testimony pretty much was his entire case. Payne's witness was the actual culprit."

Fransiska finished a sip of her tea and said, "Definitly a foolish fool."

Edgeworth continued, "Payne did almost the same thing in his second loss against Wright as well. Oh sure there was other evidence, but Wright showed that the evidence clearly indicated a frame job. Payne did absolutely nothing to make sure his witnesses testimony was not just another part of the frame job. Bottom line Payne should have done something to make sure his witness was trustworthy, and that was the mistake I made in my first case against Wright. It would not have taken much investigating to find out that Mia Fey was trying to take down Bluecorp, and yet I treat the CEO of Bluecorp and his personal secretary as credible witnesses. That pretty much was my entire case. Oh sure there also was the name written in blood but that could easily have been fabricated. I could not come up with a motive as well. Also there was an abnormal amount of pressure from the rest of the prosecutors office on me to get a conviction. That type of pressure for such a low profile case was suspicious in retrospect."

Fransiska replied, "Your second case then."

Edgeworth said, "Ah yes, State Vs. Will Powers. My original case was way too dependent on the testimony of..." Edgeworth stopped to give a slight shudder then continued, "The least reliable witness I've ever had that wasn't actually a criminal. Wright pointed out that the photo of the Steel Samurai heading toward the scene was labeled picture number two, which indicated there was someone else who passed that way. That person was Cody Hackins, and his photo and testimony once it was properly broken down turned the whole case around. I also should have noticed that there wasn't a photo of the victim heading toward the crime scene."

At that moment the waiter came round and asked, "Are you ready, sir and madam?"

After Edgeworth ordered Shrimp skewers and Fransizka ordered a Ceasar Salad. Franziska said, "Next was the Lana Skye case correct?"

Edgeworth nodded, "I was almost charged with gross negligence on that one. I should have known. Meekins told me that the report concerning the incident in the police evidence room was sent to me directly on the chiefs orders. Chief Gant never did anything without a reason. Even though I was locked out of the investigation I should have known that there was too much blood in the evidence room and too little blood in the prosecutors office car park. Also that case would not have happened if I wasn't wrong during SL-9. In my defense the police did give me bogus evidence on that one, but still the coroner did swear to me that the knife wound that killed Neal Marshall was inconsistent with Joe Darkes dagger."

Fransizka said, "As prosecutor you are responsible for the evidence, Miles Edgeworth."

Edgeworth replied, "I followed all established procedures for submitting evidence. Next, state vs. Robert Wolfe. All of the evidence Wright used to prove that the chair was attached to ceiling of the crime scene at the time of the murder was right there. I just didn't pay attention to it. Heck, I was there when Wright noticed that the chair was burnt while the floor was pretty much undamaged. He pointed it out to Maya Fey in my presence." He stopped to take a sip of tea and continued, "Next, State Vs. Julie Hensen. My entire case was that Ms. Hensen was the only person backstage not in a mascot costume, and a person cannot get out of the costume without the help of another person, or commit the murder wearing the costume. I didn't take into account the possibility that a person can get out of a costume without help if they wear the costume backwards. If I did, I would have investigated more."

Franziska replied, "You have one more case left, right?"

Edgeworth nodded, "State Vs. Diana Wheatly. I should have waited for the lab results to come in. The lab results flew in the face of my entire case. I was too quick to point to murder."

Franziska replied, "Foolish mistakes by a foolish fool who follows the path of foolhardy foolish fools. I did not make such foolish mistakes in my cases against Wright."

Edgeworth pulled out a phone and said, "Let's see." He hit a speed-dial button.

It was a few seconds before he heard Gumshoe's voice. "Yes Sir! Mr. Edgeworth, SIR!"

Edgeworth replied, "Detective. I want you to go down to the court records room and pull all of the files and records on any case prosecuted by Franziska Von Karma theat ended in acquittal. Have them on my desk soon."

Gumshoe replied, "Yes SIR!"

Edgeworth hung up the phone just as their food arrived and Edgeworth said, "I'll look over those records tonight and tell you what you did wrong tomorrow."