Disclaimer: It is entirely possible to run out of clever things to say as a disclaimer.

AN: In a way, this mirrors my own feelings at the end of the game.


Impossible Tears

Phoenix couldn't believe what he was seeing.

After dinner, when he had given Edgeworth Franziska's whip, Wright suspected that Miles wasn't going back to the Department of Criminal Affairs. That's why he excused himself shortly after Edgeworth's departure and followed him to the airport.

Of all the possible scenarios he had been inventing, Wright never could have expected this. The scene unfolding at the gate was beyond comprehension. Nothing had shook him this hard since he learned the truth about Matt Engarde. Not even Maya's kidnapping had affected him so.

To be brutally honest, Phoenix would have preferred it if Miles and Franziska had turned into giant rabbits and started beating each other with fish. At least then he could have been sure he was hallucinating. But no, they were having a completely normal conversation in front of the gate then, out of the blue, Franziska started to cry.

Franziska von Karma. Crying. No. No! It couldn't be! It was an impossibility that Phoenix's brain just couldn't accept.