[Tch- so much for the subtle approach! Edgeworth bites his lip, before he can reveal any displeasure he feels at being found out so quickly.]
A name is not necessary, Ms Maryam. I simply wished to know if she was a potential threat to anyone besides you and your new friends.
[He speaks coolly, and confidently. After all, it's not a complete lie; this is a genuine concern of his. It's more of a carefully edited truth.]
However, if you do not wish to share what you know about her, I will not push the issue. I just want to let you know that I mean no harm to you or Matthews' victims, so long as none of you bring harm to anyone else.
Believe me when I say, Mr. Edgeworth, that is entirely the intention. Everything I have done in this matter has been to ensure both the safety of the victims themselves and the world around them.
It's taken work, but each of them has managed to reintegrate themselves into society successfully, fully equipped with the knowledge they need to manage their condition. If there is only one thing I find unsatisfactory, it is that I have not yet conceived a way to maintain their diets independently. But, obviously, it is restrictive enough that exploring new options can't be done without extreme care.
[Reintegration. They're not forced to hide away, as he had imagined. Their lives were not stolen from them. They have not been ruined. And they have not made nuisances of themselves in the meantime, either. Edgeworth taps his finger against the device, his thoughts racing as he readjusts his assumptions]
And what are their restrictions, exactly? I know that Matthews fed off of that werewolf - I assume that anyone inhuman can be a donor?
Werewolves are human. I know the people on this planet tend to be wildly xenophobic, but for someone who is unambiguously inhuman, it can be ridiculous to watch it from the outside.
[ Not that she has much room to talk, considering where she comes from. ]
The blood has to be fresh, from a living donor, and can't be from an animal. At least according to Matthews' claims, but I'm not sacrificing anything to put it to the test. Still, not strictly human, which is lucky given the best source I can provide from. Humanoid, maybe. [ She needs to find a better word to replace that, it's as bad as "alien". ]
They're strictly nocturnal, as well. Even as mild as the sun here is, it will fry them.
[Wha-no! A werewolf is certainly not a human being. At best, they're only part-time humans! They're- ugh, he doesn't have time to nitpick details like this with some... some vampire from Planet X, or wherever the hell it is that trolls come from.]
A werewolf is still remarkably different than the native population.
[His voice takes a sulky tone, despite his best efforts to remain composed, but before it can develop into a full-blown pout, he's struck by a sudden realization]
...wait a moment. What about imPorts? Not specific imPorts, not just werewolves and... well, whatever it is that Dorian Gray is now, but imPorts as a whole. Are they different enough to work as donors without-
[He clears his throat, trying not to think too hard on the implications]
I didn't say they're your standard-issue baseline human, but they're certainly human. They simply have certain supernatural enhancements. It would be no less wrong to claim I'm no longer a troll, simply because I am very different from most of my species.
[ Instead they just have a similarly rigid hierarchy for their twelve recognize baselines. Anyone out of that, well, they're in trouble. ]
I can't really speak to how any other imPort would react to donating their dinners. I really only have one that I can unreservedly make any use of. I don't know that I'd like to risk anyone else.
Voice;
A name is not necessary, Ms Maryam. I simply wished to know if she was a potential threat to anyone besides you and your new friends.
[He speaks coolly, and confidently. After all, it's not a complete lie; this is a genuine concern of his. It's more of a carefully edited truth.]
However, if you do not wish to share what you know about her, I will not push the issue. I just want to let you know that I mean no harm to you or Matthews' victims, so long as none of you bring harm to anyone else.
Voice;
It's taken work, but each of them has managed to reintegrate themselves into society successfully, fully equipped with the knowledge they need to manage their condition. If there is only one thing I find unsatisfactory, it is that I have not yet conceived a way to maintain their diets independently. But, obviously, it is restrictive enough that exploring new options can't be done without extreme care.
Voice;
And what are their restrictions, exactly? I know that Matthews fed off of that werewolf - I assume that anyone inhuman can be a donor?
Voice;
[ Not that she has much room to talk, considering where she comes from. ]
The blood has to be fresh, from a living donor, and can't be from an animal. At least according to Matthews' claims, but I'm not sacrificing anything to put it to the test. Still, not strictly human, which is lucky given the best source I can provide from. Humanoid, maybe. [ She needs to find a better word to replace that, it's as bad as "alien". ]
They're strictly nocturnal, as well. Even as mild as the sun here is, it will fry them.
Voice;
A werewolf is still remarkably different than the native population.
[His voice takes a sulky tone, despite his best efforts to remain composed, but before it can develop into a full-blown pout, he's struck by a sudden realization]
...wait a moment. What about imPorts? Not specific imPorts, not just werewolves and... well, whatever it is that Dorian Gray is now, but imPorts as a whole. Are they different enough to work as donors without-
[He clears his throat, trying not to think too hard on the implications]
-without joining their number?
Voice;
[ Instead they just have a similarly rigid hierarchy for their twelve recognize baselines. Anyone out of that, well, they're in trouble. ]
I can't really speak to how any other imPort would react to donating their dinners. I really only have one that I can unreservedly make any use of. I don't know that I'd like to risk anyone else.