Prompt: "Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them so much."
Character(s): Miles Edgeworth
Originally Written: 2.24.2009
He did indeed believe that the route to truly getting back at your enemies was merely to forgive them. It had worked with Wright, to be sure; their reconciliation had been lost in less than pleasant events, but all the same, it had started with forgiveness.
But after the gruesomely haunting events of Hazakurain, Miles Edgeworth resolved that forgiving enemies went well beyond what was expected. Diego Armando, the defense attorney turned prosecutor, had abandoned his personal vendetta against Wright for the sake of Maya's purported forgiveness. While it was easy to see that it was for the benefit of his own agenda, he was due some credit.
He supposed that clemency cleared the mind much more effectively than hatred. Hatred consumed until there was nothing left; compassion left one with a clean conscience, no matter what they had done before.
Perhaps it was ridiculous, but it worked for him; it seemed as though his enemies despised him even more.
