Um... generally, I'm hoping to find anyone from our world who hasn't already been stuck here before!
Iris, Maya, Edgeworth, Trucy, Athena and Larry are the ones who are already stuck in this world... although I guess a lot of those names won't sound familiar to you.
[Phoenix Knows that look and winces as he tries to move out of the way.]
H-hold it! Magicians and spirit mediums are very different! Instead of channeling spirits, magicians perform incredible tricks, like pulling rabbits out of hats or undergarments!
...I get that it's hard to believe, but... I'm pretty sure that we're from two different points in time, Franziska. ...I took her in just months after Iris's trial.
That would be the gist of it, yeah. I don't have any explanation except that CERES just seems to be able to bring people from different points in time.
Just two months? Then you're not far from when it happens. ...And to get to when I came from, you'd need almost another nine years after that. [He glances away for a moment. He's not exactly looking forward to recalling the disbarment saga all over again.
A full nine years....I have a hard time believing that too!
It doesn't matter if I believe what you're saying is true or not. In due time I'll experience these events for myself. Don't think you have the advantage over me just because of that!
[ She's helping him look through the sand but she doesn't look impressed. Franziska does have a bit of an urge to throw it somewhere. It looks like she found something -- it doesn't seem to be anything horribly important though. ]
It's more or less one! Really! [He nervously chuckles. Even though he's been trying not to look directly at Franziska, he does manages to notice that she seems to have noticed something.]
Um... thanks! [He smiles sheepishly as he takes the paper. And he just... tucks one corner of the paper into his swimsuit, so that it... well, covers his crotch a little more efficiently.]
A tunnel? [He peers around until he spots that tunnel. Although he's mildly bothered by how quickly she volunteered him for the case, he knows he would have volunteered himself anyway. He'd rather risk himself, especially for a younger Franziska.
Still, he rolls his eyes as he moves to take on the task.]
Sure. I'll let you know if it's safe! [So he proceeds ahead into that tunnel!]