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0011000100110011 (Accidental Video)

*It's the middle of the night, a good bit after Dark Hour, but Allen isn't asleep. His phone is recording him sitting at his desk, the glow of both his heavily modified desktop computer and a futuristic holographic screen providing most of the lighting. But even in the low light, it's easy to tell that something's eating at him.*

What the hell did I even mention that out loud for? As if the dreams weren't bad enough already...it's almost like I wasn't even thinking before I spoke up.

*He shakes his head and shuts down the holoscreen before grabbing a pot of coffee off of his desk and topping off a mug of the stuff.*

But why that, of all things? Dammit, this is just what I need...

*He rubs his forehead, then starts emptying packets of sugar into the coffee as the phone flicks off.*

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Star systems move, so information from this time period would only give us information about where it was over five thousand years ago. It might tell us the vague direction we want to go in, but we already have an idea of that.

As for why it's so important...I don't understand it completely myself. chaos told us before he sacrificed himself that we should start on Lost Jerusalem. That's what we call Earth in my time. All I can think of right now is that it has something to do with it being humanity's birthplace.

Hence why I propose that it would only be a clue rather than a complete solution.

I fail to see how that alone could make a difference, but I couldn't begin to speculate as to what might be found there.

I thought about it when I first got here, but there's not really anything it could tell us that we don't already know.

*Clinking of his spoon against his mug and a pause as he drinks from it.*

A lot of people consider this planet sacred. There was even an entire major religion that made returning to it a priority. If it's humanity's fear and hostility that's driving the universe to destruction, it's possible that going home in a sense could be the first step toward preventing it.

I don't follow your logic, but neither do I have the information necessary to judge.

I don't know everything, myself. But I trust chaos, and he thinks we have to find Lost Jerusalem to fix things.

What reason do you have to trust him to such a degree?

He's...in a position to know. It's his power that's destroying the universe, whether he wants it to or not, so if anyone knows what's setting it off, it's him. And I know him...he wouldn't ever want that power to activate.

...

(Presumably, more direct and obvious-seeming solutions have been ruled out if all sides are considering such grandiose ones instead.)

I see.

So we're following the lead he gave us and hoping we can figure it out from there.

Then I hope your investigation proceeds smoothly. [...Yawn.]

Thanks.

It sounds like you haven't gotten much sleep yourself since the last time we talked.

I simply haven't had the time. I hadn't intended to have such a protracted conversation, either.

Ah...sorry to keep you up, then.

You aren't keeping me from my bed, but from paperwork and case review. [Yawn.]

Maybe, but the sooner you get that done, the sooner you can get to bed.

By the time I'm finished, I'll need to head to the courthouse. If only I still had a car...

Are you going to be alright, pulling an all nighter like that?

[Edgeworth yawns again.] I've been doing this for days on end.

Are you used to having to do things like that?

Admittedly not to... [...yawn...] this degree; however, I've certainly both burnt the midnight oil and worked on back-to-back cases before, and have even had these circumstances coincide. [There's some clinking in the background.] I'm also accustomed to working on inadequate sleep due to having suffered sleep disruptions most nights for fifteen years.

Alright. Just try not to underestimate how fast it builds up, alright? I've spent entire days passed out after tight deadlines before.

Understood. [Yawn.]

Good luck.

Thank you.

[*click*]

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