[Phoenix sighs a little bit, putting his hands into the pockets of his jacket and looking away from Maya.]

It's not going to be so easy this time, Maya. I've even spent some time investigating it, when Trucy's at school.

[Okay, so maybe he hadn't completely been wasting the days.]

--As much as I can right now, anyway. This isn't like any case we've been on before. For...obvious reasons.

[He wasn't an attorney anymore, that is. That would've given him an excuse to stick his nose into everything before, but it's just another reason now to be more careful.]