Phoenix Wright doesn’t know how to say “I love you.”
He can say “I’m sorry,” he can say “Thank you,” he can put himself down to imply you’re better. He can wake up early to iron clothes and burn toast and file paperwork. He can say “I’m proud of you,” or “I admire your work,” or even “You make me a better person.” He can call it “Mia’s desk” after she’s gone and “Trucy’s desk” before he even has her. He can solve cases days after and far beyond proving his own client innocent. He can say Dee Vasquez is “Quite beautiful,” he can lay a hand on Mia’s dying shoulder, he can present Edgeworth his attorney’s badge through the holding cell window as many times as it takes. But he can never, ever say “I love you.”
I wonder why.
