Tilting his head slightly, Edgeworth couldn't help but feel somewhat distracted by the amount of similarities Niikura shared with Phoenix - his hair, his strange eyebrows, and that odd idiosyncrasy of rubbing the back of his head - and the prosecutor felt himself wondering if Phoenix had resembled him even more as a teenager. Even so, his attitude certainly wasn't anywhere close to Phoenix in similarity - something Edgeworth found both refreshing and unnerving.

"You certainly did have a lot on your plate last night, though it seems like what you're missing is rest and not a trip to the infirmary," he commented, crossing his legs as he let his hands sit idly in his lap. "I suppose I was wondering how you were holding up after all was said and done."