"I'm glad we see eye to eye on those two points. They're too convenient to be simple coincidences. Why would the prosecutor in the case prepare a surprise witness beforehand? There would be no need to do so if there was no prior knowledge." He wasn't going to comment on the prior comments - he'd risen to the bait once on the bulletin board earlier, and had no intention of doing so a second time.

"You've ruled out the usual suspects," Edgeworth confirmed. "I was apparently engaged elsewhere, you wouldn't have been there even if they had an infinite supply of free coffee, and Franziska...to my knowledge, would still be caught up in her foolish pride.

What's particularly surprising...you know how close Wright is to the Fey family. You would think that Maya would be pounding the door down trying to get in to speak on his behalf, no? I certainly would. And there are a number of his other clients who would be willing to speak. Lana Skye would have been out of prison by then, and her sister would certainly have been willing to do so."

He paused for just a moment. "Why, then, was the storyteller the only one to say anything? It would be a clever cover-up, playing the sympathetic role in a situation such as that."