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I wouldn't call it a fear. But better to sate my curiosity and get used to something foreign, definitely.

And we had carriages of a kind, too. Though it was mostly for um... royalty? Mostly we just travel on horseback, especially when I'm with Arthur and the knights.

Do you travel with them a lot, then? For knight business and stuff.

[She can't imagine him as a knight, he's too noodle-y.]

Where ever Arthur goes, I follow. [ He says it slowly. ] It's not like I have a choice.

[ Well he isn't a knight. He isn't even given a sword most of the time. Thanks guys. ]

As...what? An adviser?

[What is your official capacity? What...is your quest!]

Not really. [ He frowns. ] I don't think I'll ever be considered that. Mostly I'm just there to talk Arthur down I think.

[ ... ] I have to tend to the horses and make dinner, collect firewood. It's really not as glamorous as people keep thinking.

Oh! So...sort of like a squire, only...without the training.

[She understand that. It's what Gumshoe does, after all. Sort of.

Oh look, they're at the train station too! Ema buys tickets and shuffles onto the next train.]

Trust me, by this point I have plenty of experience.

[ It's tiring and hardly fun. He's had to face too many bandits unarmed at this point. He protests a little when she buys the tickets, but then remembers he only has points he's taken from emergency work. He ends up thanking her as they step onto the next train, apologising again then points to a lone seat for her to use. ]

[How gallant! Ema does take it, sitting and beaming up at him.]

Such a gentleman! But that means that on the way back you have to sit.

[ He reaches for the above his head, leaning into it. ]

I really don't need to. Besides, you dressed up didn't you? I wouldn't want anyone to get the idea that they can do anything weird while you're standing up on here.

[ What kind of idea does he have of modern people?!? ]

Just relax.

[She blinks, confused by the statement, but grateful all the same.]

Ah...I don't think that'll happen. But thank you. That's really sweet.

[A laugh.]

The kind of thing Mister Edgeworth would say.

Oh, I really don't know about that. [ He pulls a face. ] Not to say they're all like that, but I've definitely seen some of them do it.

[ Though you didn't........ just say that. ]

Even if I sorted things with him now I don't want that kind of comparison held against me. [ He laughs. ] We're just both concerned about you, I suppose.

...Really? What the heck. Where did you even...?

[See that? That's weird.

But hey, she giggles happily.]

I won't ever hold being like him against anyone. He's really important to me, you know. Probably the second most important person after Lana. I've known him for years, and he's always taken care of me when I needed it.

[ One hand drops and he ... coughs. ] Work.

[ He doesn't say any more than that mind you, and instead focuses on the second part of where their conversation went to. ] He seems to genuinely care, but I can't imagine being that grumpy all the time.

[She...probably doesn't want to know.]

Well he isn't, all the time. He's just very serious, that's all. And opinionated.

[ She doesn't.....

Though he doesn't know if they'll ever see eye-to-eye on this. ]

...Most of the time then. [ Is what he mumbles back, though his heart isn't really in it either. ] Sorry. I just don't think I'll ever get used to him.

[She chuckles and shakes her head.]

Mister Wright is probably more your speed. Have you met him yet?

I haven't, no. I'm sure it'll happen one day. There aren't that many of us here, and it isn't as though he's at the other end of the Kingdom, right?

[ Well, he isn't wrong. ]

No, he lives like...three doors down from me?

[Ema had set up her living situation to be near lawyers.]

Anyway! Get ready, our stop's coming.

[She kips up and starts towards the door at a hop-skip pace.]

Three... [ And he just picked her up from there... when this person was so close. He didn't realise, for some reason. He figured they were both in the same apartment as her guardians or something.

He doesn't know what he was thinking, actually. Not when he has to stumble after her once the train stops. ]

I was already standing-- [ Though that apparently doesn't help much! ]

[She has no guardians! Ema Skye is untamed!!!!]

That's why you've got to brace yourself! Careful now!

[And off the train they get, a crowd swirling all around as they hit the busy district.]

C'mon! It's just around the way. Don't get swept away now!

[She's pretty adept at navigation, but is he?]

[ Too wild........ How has she not blown herself up with an experiment yet?! ]

I'm not going to fall ov-- [ Ah, spoke too soon as he trips on the ledge on the way out. Normally it's emptier when he's travelling around as he needs less people around to navigate himself properly. ]

Which way?

[Because a lot of them involve mentos and diet coke.]

See. Careful.

[She points to the left and starts off, tugging him by the hand!]

See that big glowing sign that says "Marmaduke's Fine Pasta and Steakery?" That's where we're going.

[It's a pretty big sign, purple, and a bit more subdued than most of the places around here. No wonder Edgeworth liked it so much!]

Race you!

[ Well it's true that it isn't that bad. It could definitely be worse. His hand flails slightly as he tries to keep his balance, thankfully her pulling him along helps. He just notices the sign when she yells that out. ]

Wait--

[ THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE HERE--is what he wants to yell. Instead he makes a slightly panicked noise as she zooms off into the crowd and there's no way he can win this. He tries to slide in between people but it's really just a Mess. ]

[Well, when he does make it through the crowd, he'll find Ema waiting at the door, rocking on her heels.]

You...okay? Dude, did that make you nervous?

[ To be honest he probably looks like he got into a fight on the way here (he didn't, but he definitely ended up span around as he tried to avoid people) ]

...I'm not exactly sure if that's the word I'd use.

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