She's surprised by the gesture, but gratefully takes his hand in a firm grip. Aaaaannnnnd now she's blinking back tears again. Ugh.
She knows he's right. Actually, she finds it almost funny in a way, how if nothing else this conversation provides yet more evidence proving just how well those two must know each other... Because what Phoenix just hypothesized is pretty much verbatim what Edgeworth already told her himself.
She can't let go of the guilt, though. And it's not only guilt over everything with Blaise, or how Edgeworth has probably thrown away his entire future as a prosecutor by taking a stand against the P.I.C. While he may have done all that for the explicit purpose of protecting her, she is also quite aware that, at the same time, his decision had been about something much bigger than just her... And she trusts in his word that everything he'd done, he'd done with full conviction and zero regrets.
Kay's BIGGEST source of guilt... Ugh. No. She needs to be honest with herself: It's more frustration than pure guilt. She's frustrated that she's not still there right now to help drag the truth out into the light. Mr. Edgeworth may not expect any kind of reciprocity for his kindness, but she's supposed to be his assistant! The true Mastermind behind every case they've dealt with over the past two weeks still needed to be identified and made to answer for his deeds. Mr. Edgeworth, Gummy, Ms. von Karma, Agent Lang, Judge Courtney, John... Even Sebastian, she knows they are all meant to see this through together! And for Kay, there's no small amount of personal pride at stake in it. It's still raw, the guilt she feels for how this mysterious criminal had used her like a pawn. She'd been leveraged her against her friends, and used as emotional bait to manipulate Mr. Edgeworth in particular into doing exactly what the Mastermind wanted. She wants so badly to make them pay for that.
"Mr. Edgeworth, Gummy and me... We're supposed to be an unstoppable team. I just don't want to let them down," Kay says quietly with a shiver, her eyes downcast.
Vague AAI2 spoilers in this one, just in case anyone skimming by cares about those
She knows he's right. Actually, she finds it almost funny in a way, how if nothing else this conversation provides yet more evidence proving just how well those two must know each other... Because what Phoenix just hypothesized is pretty much verbatim what Edgeworth already told her himself.
She can't let go of the guilt, though. And it's not only guilt over everything with Blaise, or how Edgeworth has probably thrown away his entire future as a prosecutor by taking a stand against the P.I.C. While he may have done all that for the explicit purpose of protecting her, she is also quite aware that, at the same time, his decision had been about something much bigger than just her... And she trusts in his word that everything he'd done, he'd done with full conviction and zero regrets.
Kay's BIGGEST source of guilt... Ugh. No. She needs to be honest with herself: It's more frustration than pure guilt. She's frustrated that she's not still there right now to help drag the truth out into the light. Mr. Edgeworth may not expect any kind of reciprocity for his kindness, but she's supposed to be his assistant! The true Mastermind behind every case they've dealt with over the past two weeks still needed to be identified and made to answer for his deeds. Mr. Edgeworth, Gummy, Ms. von Karma, Agent Lang, Judge Courtney, John... Even Sebastian, she knows they are all meant to see this through together! And for Kay, there's no small amount of personal pride at stake in it. It's still raw, the guilt she feels for how this mysterious criminal had used her like a pawn. She'd been leveraged her against her friends, and used as emotional bait to manipulate Mr. Edgeworth in particular into doing exactly what the Mastermind wanted. She wants so badly to make them pay for that.
"Mr. Edgeworth, Gummy and me... We're supposed to be an unstoppable team. I just don't want to let them down," Kay says quietly with a shiver, her eyes downcast.