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[Good morning, Heropa. Greeting you today is a man with a bright smile and an even brighter shirt — aqua, with a tie that seems to match only in theory — and a look in his eye that twinkles with confidence and certainty. Yes, here is a man who is not at all questioning this place and its motives; here is a man who is totally okay with the situation in which he's found himself; here is a man who is a very good, very convincing faker.]

Greetings and salutations, fellow ImPorts! Allow me to introduce myself: Saul Goodman, attorney at law and soon-to-be judge. I want you all to be able to think of me as a resource — as someone whose purpose here is to assist where and when I can, at least as far as legal issues are concerned. For consultation purposes only, though; I won't... uh, really have the time to open my own practice here, unfortunately.

[And that does seem like something that upsets him, but he allows that emotion in for all of two seconds before dismissing it and focusing back on sounding genuine and honest. Which he is, to some degree. It's just... kind of rare, is all. But this is what happens when you don't want to upset your kidnappers: You do what you think you have to.]

Anyway, I'm gonna have to spend some time catching up on what's actually going on in this place, legally and politically speaking. There are other lawyers and legal professional-types around, right? We should chat. Oh, and for all you daytime TV-watchers —

[THERE THEY ARE. THE FINGERGUNS.]

Get used to seeing this face.

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I don't think that's how it works, kiddo.

C'mon, you gotta have someone to find and steal those criminal secrets that no one else can dig up!

And do what with them?

Reveal them to the world! The people deserve to know and see the light!

[He wants to suggest she start selling what she knows, but then he realizes she'd probably... not like that idea.]

So I guess this is the part where I tell you I'm a criminal defense attorney.

[Sorry, blackmail is not the Yatagarasu way.]

And this is the part where I tell you that I'm a prosecutor's assistant.

Color me surprised.

[He says, sounding entirely unsurprised.]

Well, I've been thinking of extending my services to defense attorneys.

[Saul probably shouldn't be interested in enlisting the help of a kid, but hey — he's hired stranger.]

Yeah? Tell me more.

Back home, I was Mr. Edgeworth's assistant. And I still am. I'm sure you've heard of him. But since this place has a lot of other lawyers in need of assistants to brighten up their day and help 'em out, I've decided to reach out to defense attorneys too!

[Standard Ace Attorney right here. Every lawyer must have a perky teenage assistant.]

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Yeah, I've heard of him.

[A LOT.

Saul strokes the beard he doesn't have, clearly thinking.]

So you do this for pay, or...?

Nope! [And she says that with her usual cheery smile.] I do it because he needs fun in his life!

[This concept seems to elude Saul entirely. She could be getting paid for what she's doing!

Ugh, youths.]

So you go out and get information about people and then come back and give it to your boss for him to use later on. Am I getting this right?

[Well, she could, but Ace Attorney assistants don't get paid.]

Most of the time we investigate together. [Because he's not about to let her out of his sight and mess around.]

[Whatever happened to child labor laws?]

Ah, okay. Sounds like you've got a regular detective agency going, huh?

Not really, I just tag along when he has a new case.

Well, that's good to know, in any event. If I ever need help with something, you'll be the first one I call.

[Which isn't a total lie; if it's something she can help with, sure.]

You can count on me then, Mr. Goodman!

[It's what good Ace Assistants (TM) do!]

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