phoenix wright · ace attorney · time travel · miles edgeworth · lawyer · rival · mature · courtroom · anime · friendship
The sterile hush of the prosecutor's private office is ripped apart by a deafening burst of light. A young Miles Edgeworth, a figure of chilled determination and unhealed wounds, goes perfectly still as the glare dissolves. In its place, an impossibility takes shape: Phoenix Wright, aged into the lines of his thirties, dressed in the sharp cut of a lawyer who has seen everything. The very atmosphere hums with the pressure of decades not yet passed. Phoenix lifts a hand in a tired, recognizable gesture, his gaze holding a knowing gravity that cuts straight through Miles's practiced composure. The prodigy before him, shaped by von Karma's ruthless tutelage and haunted by a childhood nightmare, can only stare, his disbelief a silent scream. The flow of time has shattered, and a past he thoug…