Edgeworth nodded. "You're welcome. I don't have much else to add, really; I fell ill and was sent to the infirmary, and when I was released you were nowhere to be found. I started an investigation almost immediately after. This brings us to the present."

The silence that followed that last statement was almost deafening. The details were out in the open, and that meant it was time for the conclusions. He wasn't entirely sure he wanted to hear them. Edgeworth twisted the napkin he was holding between his fingers, first one way and then the other. After a long moment of silence, he asked, "Penny for your thoughts, Wright?"