Part 91: Case 5 - Rise From the Ashes - Investigation (Day 3) - Part 3
Case 5 - Rise From the AshesInvestigation (Day 3) - Part 3
Before we head over to Edgeworth's office, we can show Gumshoe the jar we rebuilt a while ago.
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: "Somewhere"?
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: Or maybe it's one of those memories people have from "previous lives."
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:
(This must be the most uninformative detective I've ever met...)
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: Something about it makes me feel uneasy.
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: It's like I'm in the Chief's office, and he's yelling at me.
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:
(Chief Gant?)
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: Where could I have seen that before...?
And now, we're on our way.
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:
(I wonder if Edgeworth is back yet.)
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: There he is! It looks like he's writing something.
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: Huh? What are you doing here?
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:
(He sure was quick to throw that paper on the floor...)
There is indeed a paper on the floor now.
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: Tough day in court, huh?
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: Hmph. I've had to live the past two years with rumors flying around. What's another allegation to me?
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: Cheer up, Mr. Edgeworth! I'm rooting for you!
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:
(That's Edgeworth for you... Always trying to hide his real feelings.)
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: So, what do you want?
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: Unlike some people, I don't have all day.
We're going to start by presenting his trophy.
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: That has no meaning for me anymore.
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: What do you mean, "anymore"?
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: That's who I was last year.
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: What good is it to dwell on the past?
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: He's asking me?
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: That makes me kind of mad.
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: Actually, something's been troubling me about this shield. Look...
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: Do you notice anything different?
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: Different...?
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: Yeah, don't you remember?
The other shield in the Court Record.
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:
(I guess I'd better present this other shield...)
So we do.
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: Looks like this was taken when he received the King of Prosecutors trophy.
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: Speaking of that,
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: there's something that bothers me.
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: Yes?
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: The trophy Mr. Marshall is holding...
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: Yes, you're right. ...
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: I remember now.
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: Remember what?
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: That was the official prosecutor trophy used until that time. There's a story behind it.
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: A story?
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:
(Sounds interesting.) Would you mind telling it to us?
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: It's simple, really.
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: "
Contradiction." That's what the award's based on.
More on that later. Question time!
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: There's no excuse for what I've done.
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: Two years ago, I used false evidence to obtain a guilty verdict. That's what it all breaks down to, and nothing I do can erase that fact.
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: But you didn't know, did you? I mean, that the evidence was falsified.
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: The Police Department and the Prosecutor's Office share a bond of trust. If that bond is broken, we stand to lose everything.
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: The Police Department's error is my error, my responsibility as the prosecutor in charge.
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: That fact remains the same no matter what excuses I might have.
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: Mr. Edgeworth...
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: I take pride in my work. So tell me why! Why has it all come to this...
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:
(Even Edgeworth can't keep this kind of emotion bottled up...)
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: Are you up for the trial tomorrow?
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: Hmph.
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: First last year's trial, and now this one. It seems all you do is worry about me.
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: To be honest, you're getting on my nerves.
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: But Mr. Edgeworth! You can't just walk out on the trial...
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: Tomorrow is the last day. It's too late to change prosecutors.
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: I'll bet that's what my superiors are banking on.
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: What do you mean?
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: That list of evidence. It seems too short. Most lists...
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: run twice as long.
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: It's only half as long as most lists?
(That is odd...)
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: I became prosecutor for that case. I may not have been part of the investigation,
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: but at the time there was only one thing on my mind:
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: I'd use the evidence I was given to prove the suspect guilty!
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: Say, we just saw a picture taken around that time.
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:
(That picture... Something seemed strange about it...)
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: Could you tell us again about what happened that day? The day Detective Goodman was murdered? You were participating in a ceremony over at the station, right?
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: I've never cared for ceremonies, but I had to attend that one.
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: Those receiving awards can't exactly skip out on the ceremony.
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: I finished up at the office in the morning, then drove over to the Police Department.
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: You, "finished up" at the office?
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: Yes. Just odds and ends - clerical stuff.
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: I didn't plan on returning to the office that day.
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: That is, until I was asked to take something back.
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: Take something back?
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: Oh yeah. Chief Gant asked you to hold onto that, didn't he?
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: Yes. It was a piece of evidence in a case that was closed half a year ago.
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: He asked me to bring it back to the Prosecutor's Office.
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:
(That's the story we heard yesterday...) So you came back here to the Prosecutor's Office because the Chief asked you to?
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: That's right.
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: ...
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: This award originates from an ancient Chinese tale. In Chinese, the word "contradiction" is written with two characters:
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: the first means "halberd," and the second means "shield." Have you heard this story?
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: Me? Oh, uh... sure. Everyone knows that! Why don't you tell it though... for Ema's sake.
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: Very well.
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: One day, he presented the king with two items. The first was a halberd he claimed could slice through any shield or armor. The second was a shield he claimed could withstand any weapon.
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: Hmm... Wait a minute.
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: Those claims contradict each other!
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: Very perceptive.
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: But then again, you've heard this story before, right?
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: Anyway, as you mentioned, the very descriptions of these items discredit them both.
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: And thus, the Chinese word for "
contradiction" was born.
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: Oh, I see!
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: So the "chipped shield" and "broken knife" symbolize...
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: The ancient tale ends with the merchant at a loss for words, but it's in our nature to pursue matters to their conclusion...
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: even if it results in something as ugly as this.
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: Wow.
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: Thanks, Mr. Edgeworth! I learned something new today!
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: That's funny...
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: ...
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: You'll have to ask Chief Gant. Two years ago, he had the "halberd" part of the award abolished.
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:
(Chief Gant...)
And the trophy's description updates with all this. If we present the ID card records...
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: It seems everything in this case is designed to cast doubt on me.
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: Hey, don't look at me.
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: Yes, I went into the evidence room on the day of the crime.
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: Chief Gant asked me to do something.
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: To take evidence from a case solved six months ago back to the Prosecutor's Office...
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: I have a locker in there as well.
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: Did you notice anything amiss when you were in the evidence room?
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: That room's always dark and I was in a hurry.
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: I didn't see anything out of the ordinary.
We should check that paper Edgeworth dropped, too.
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:
(I wonder what he was writing before?)
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: Come on, Mr. Wright! Let's take a look!
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: Are you crazy? Edgeworth is sitting right there!
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: Just distract him, I'll check it out.
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: Uh... Hey, Edgeworth. Is that Detective Gumshoe out the window there? Oh no! He's falling to the ground!!!
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: Hold on. First let me see what this girl's doing crawling around my feet.
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:
(He didn't even look.)
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: If you can't read, I'll read it for you.
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: It says, "Letter of Resignation."
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: "Resignation"!? Edgeworth, you don't mean...?
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: I'm tired, Mr. Wright. I feel as if... something inside me has died.
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: But Mr. Edgeworth! None of it is your fault!
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: I know the path I've walked. You don't need to tell me.
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: And the path I've walked... hasn't been a just one. I can't forgive myself for what I've done...
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: and no one else should forgive me either.
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:
(Uh oh. I think he's serious!)
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: Mr. Wright!
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: Please, you have to do something!
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:
(This Letter of Resignation... I wonder if I can use it for anything?)
We pocket it.
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:
(He really wrote a resignation letter...)
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: Wow! Even when resigning, Mr. Edgeworth is cool and concise!
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: Still, it wasn't his fault...
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: Someone had to be held responsible. That's how it is in the grown-up world.
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: Yeah, but that responsibility means nothing if he just quits!
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: Well, not everyone sees it that way.
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: To truly take responsibility
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: you should have to work the rest of your life for no pay.
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:
(Sometimes the "grown-up" world can be tough...)
Now, maybe we can talk to Gumshoe. However, as we enter the parking lot...
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: Excuse me...
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: Ms. Starr!
(I guess she's out of lunches.)
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: You certainly are the curious sort, aren't you? Kind of like
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: the first person who sucked a cow's nipple to discover milk. Still, I never thought you'd go digging up that case from two years ago.
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: Everyone in this trial was involved in the SL-9 Incident. Not only that, but the murder occurred on the very day the evidence from that case was due for transferal. This can't all be attributed to mere "coincidence."
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: ... Aren't you forgetting something?
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: You know, that little scene I happened to witness?
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: No matter how much of the past you dig up, it won't change what I saw.
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:
(Ms. Starr's hatred toward Lana... It all dates back to two years ago!)
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: Joe Darke... That's a name I'll not soon forget!
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: Still, I don't think I was ever more alive than I was then. Those days were steamier than a bowl of hot gravy! Poor old Jake Marshall, though, must have been going through hell.
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: You mean, because of his brother's death?
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: They were close, those two.
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: After Neil died, something took over Jake. He became obsessed. Seeing Jake like that made her all the more desperate.
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: "Her"...?
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: Lana Skye.
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: My sister...?
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: The best of the best were put on that SL-9 case. Of course they were lead by that legendary duo.
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: That legendary pair was the reason we were able to keep up our investigation. That's why we're so shocked over how it turned out...
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: You mean, with the forging of the evidence?
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: Don't get me wrong. Joe Darke got what he deserved.
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: Still, it was obvious the evidence produced in court was being manipulated. Items our team never found would suddenly appear, while other items were kept secret.
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: But you didn't have proof anything illegal was done...
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: I'm proof enough of
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: what happened.
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: !
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: After the case, all of us save Goodman were relieved of our duties... most without even so much as an explanation.
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: Then Lana Skye transferred to the Prosecutor's Office and became Chief Prosecutor.
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: Lana always wanted to be a prosecutor.
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: Nothing's quite as simple as it appears.
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: Huh?
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: Lana Skye was merely being used as a pawn.
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: That's my take on the matter.
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: She was being used?
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: Daman Gant and Lana Skye...
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: They solved all kinds of cases together, didn't they?
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: Damon Gant's magnetism in particular was almost unreal.
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: His "magnetism"?
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: By that I mean his ability to attract evidence. He'd produce the most incredible evidence in the cases he handled.
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:
("Incredible evidence"? You mean...)
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: Oh, yes. There were rumors about him even back then.
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: No one dareds confront him, though.
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:
(I take it she's talking about forged evidence.)
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: Back then, everyone looked up to Lana. All the detectives wanted to be like her.
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: !
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: Really?
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: Oh yes... myself included. I was a fool, really.
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: She hated anything crooked, and always watched out for the other detectives.
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: That's why she was so concerned for Jake.
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: Mr. Marshall...
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: When Jake's brother was murdered, she felt as if she had lost her own brother. If it wasn't for her, I don't think Jake would ever have recovered from his shock.
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: That's what makes it all the more infuriating.
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: Ms. Starr...
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: That's why...
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: I'll never be able to forgive her. Why did she have to turn so cold after that...?
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: ...
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: Lana transferred to the Prosecutor's Office two years ago, didn't she?
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: Yes, thanks to "Chief" Gant's powerful influence.
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: Chief...
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: That's right. Having solved the SL-9 case, his position as chief was secured. There was only one thing left for him to control,
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: and then no one could stand in his way:
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: the Prosecutor's Office.
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: What? You mean... That's why Lana was transferred!?
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: If he could control the Chief Prosecutor, he could control the Prosecutor's Office.
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: That must have been his goal all along.
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: B-but how could he control Lana?
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: I don't know, but one thing's for sure. Ever since that case ended, she's never been the same. It's only logical to conclude...
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: there must have been a reason for her change.
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:
(At last... I'm finally getting close to the bottom of this ugly mess.) Thank you, Ms. Starr.
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: You listen to me, Rookie. It takes more than just ingredients to create fine cuisine.
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: I hope you turn out to be a better chef than I've been...
Next time: Convincing Gumshoe.