Gummy? Oh, she must mean Gumshoe. Phoenix had thought Gumshoe was finished working on the beat, but he would come back out if Edgeworth asked him to. But why would Edgeworth asked him to? What on Earth has he been up to? And why hasn't he mentioned it? Ugh, Phoenix, don't get distracted. You can scold Edgeworth for backsliding into keeping secrets later. (If... he ever goes home and sees Edgeworth again, but he can't handle that thought just yet.)

Phoenix squeezes Kay's hand, patting it gently. He just needs to keep her head here with him.

"The only way you'd let them down is if you don't take care of yourself. They'll be okay. Focus on the here and now so you'll be well enough to team up with them again once we've cleared up this mess." This mess being by far the biggest and weirdest mess he's ever been in, and that's saying something. But he still has a warm smile on his face, because a lawyer should always be smiling at the worst of times. "Can you do me a favor, Kay?"

He hopes that not only she can help him, but that maybe helping him will keep her spirits up and her head down. Phoenix knows her kind, the kind who's had to worry about things above her pay grade too early and too long and doesn't know how to stop. She'll be happiest if she can be helpful, he suspects.