Hey Do You Ever Think About How Phoenix's Signal Samurai Keychain Is Worn And Chipped And Rusted Because

hey do you ever think about how phoenix's signal samurai keychain is worn and chipped and rusted because he took it everywhere he went for 15 years

and how it's emblematic of how he wears his heart on his sleeve and loves openly, stupidly. platonic or romantic, he'll risk it all (dahlia, edgeworth, maya, pearl, etc) and get battered and beaten to hell for it

meanwhile edgeworth's keychain is pristine, well-preserved from years of being hidden in drawers and gazed at on desks

he knows his heart is fragile and he guards it, only allows it to see the light of day in absolute privacy. it's safe, unblemished, untouched and he's starved for affection as a result

anyway. pain