[He laughs at that. It's not the laughter of something that's funny because of good humor, not being told a joke with a silly punchline. It's one of those dark sounds that tells what comes next isn't going to be funny for either of them.]

I'm not keeping her in fear, Mister Edgeworth. I'm keeping her from you. Is your ego so warped that you think exposure to you is something that can get rid of fear entirely? That's the last sort of person friends would suggest someone go to, isn't it?

[Instead they should go to Hannibal Lecter, A+++, great guy.]