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Good day. My name is Miles Edgeworth; I'm with the security team here.

[ And Miles Edgeworth, with the security team here, seems vaguely embarrassed and uncomfortable. He's far better at haranguing and scolding than he is at doing P.R. Or...talking normally to people, ever. ]

I'd like to take a moment of your time to address the role of security on the ship. The science teams conduct research; engineering keeps the ship running; agriculture keeps us fed; gunnery guards against external threats. All of them have a greater, overarching aim.

We on security are a bit different: we have no goal other than the immediate desire to serve and to protect. We are here to make all of you safer and more comfortable. We are here to make you feel more secure and confident. What we do - whatever we do - is purely to better keep you safe.

As such, I beg that any time you have a complaint, you bring it to us. Any time someone has done wrong to you or to others, let us know. We'll always work with you to develop a solution that's best for both parties. We have never executed anyone for their misdeeds and never will; brig time is very rarely used, more often to keep people safe in isolation than as punishment. We do not want to interfere with your lives; we only want to do what we need to do to keep harmony.

I also beg that if you ever have any requests of us, or any suggestions as to how we might better serve you, let us know.

[ Right. He's glad that's all over with. ]

Changing gears somewhat. It is vital to keep up our spirits in this place. I know that games are typically considered a means to maintain positivity; I had thought perhaps some...word game might be called for. Perhaps twenty questions.

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I'm aware. I was merely engaging in a few social niceties.

We keep the peace.

That's nice. Does that mean we all get to be kept safe in the brig? Because I want an actual bed, to myself, if that's what we're doing.

Have you chopped off any arms lately, Ms. Mason?

Are you volunteering yours?

Was there anything in that question that suggested I was?

Call me hopeful.

But don't really call me hopeful, or I'll cut off both your arms, instead of just one.

You're hopeful.

Ha ha.

If you weren't offering yours, why are you wasting my time asking about cutting off arms?

Because I was going to point out that, unless you're engaging in the act of harming your fellow passengers, a bed in the brig is unlikely for you.

You just told us the brig is to keep us safe. Now I'm worried for my safety, and you're not offering me a space?

You're a perfectly intelligent young lady, Ms. Mason. Act it. You know just what I mean when I say that it's to ensure our safety.

[Suddenly more sharp, she snaps out:] You don't know anything about me. Don't pretend like you do.

People offering prison for safety isn't something I trust.

The prison is to contain those who have done wrong and to separate them from those they might harm. Obviously, I know absolutely nothing about you, and you are a complete mystery, but you can see the benefit to that.

You might as well admit it: you don't really know anything about anyone. But I guess it's not possible to hide yourselves from whatever's in control here.

No. And nor would we want to. If whatever is "in control" revealed itself, we would wish to confront it, not hide somewhere. Certainly not hide in the brig.

Uh-huh. This is the part where I should be laughing at the thought of you going out to confront anything.

But I'm not going to. You're welcome.

[ Um excuse you. ]

Let us not forget who refused to confront whom, back when you were threatening to cut off my arm. You ran away from meeting with me.

[um excuse YOU.]

I didn't run away. I decided I didn't want your arm.

As you say. But was I backing down?

[The answer is no. He didn't back down. But that doesn't mean anything.]

Where are you?

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