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Dear Anonymous,

Ugh, can't this meme just die already!?

Dear J'Luc K. Star,

I suppose I could create an equivalent of sorts.

But, I get the feeling your technology will be far more advanced than mine is.

Dear J'Luc K. Star,

Not as complex, but we do have an equivalent, I suppose.

Dear J'Luc K. Star,

Not to the capacity that you have in your world, but I suppose we do have the equivalent.

Dear J'Luc K. Star,

The mods have clarified what you mean.

We do have the equivalent of manipulating photographic images, however we do not have any sort of technology that provides the ability to ask it to create a realistic photographic image of something that isn't there. I believe you call it... AI?

Dear J'Luc K. Star,

Fake a photo? Mods, could you clarify? I'm sorry, my English doesn't... oh, alright, thank you.

I think the word you're looking for is photo retouching or "touch-up" so to speak. It's the act of using penciling or etching in order to make the photographic image look sharper or the individual seem smaller along the waistline for their models.

Yes, they do exist. Though, for our investigations, we always get the original photographic image before it's allowed to be retouched in any way. Our forensics in London have tools to be able to tell if the images have been retouched or not.

Dear Askrikkaiandhyotei,

That arrogant jerk!

Oh wow, I didn't even have to say it this time.

Dear Askrikkaiandhyotei,

Someone I haven't punched?

Roger Retinz.

Dear Askrikkaiandhyotei,

No one?

(Why would I want to punch anyone!?)

Dear Loser,

Hm-hm. Yep. Had a feeling that Justice kid was closer to the Gramarye's than he looks.

I'll be back. Mark my words.

Dear Anonymous,

I think you should ask inmates with this kind of experience.

However, seeing what Mr. Tangaroa went through, scaring troubled children like that wouldn't help. Those children turned to crime for a reason and not something that can be healed by scaring them.

No police officer knows what's going on in a child's mind or why they're doing what they're doing anymore than Eddie understood why my son was following the von Karma ways.

I know if there was a way to save my son from von Karma's Doctrines, it would most certainly not be through anything shown in Beyond Scared Straight. He's a good man and was always good. He's just made bad choices like I once had in my younger days.

Dear Anonymous,

Hm... interesting you're choosing to skip Athena, Mods.

Right. Right. I have had former clients who were inmates.

What you see there hardly does anything. Scaring children didn't save Edgeworth from committing white collared crimes or saved Dahlia from poisoning my fiancé.

In fact, scaring them into submission instigated it. You need to tackle the root of the problem.

Dear Anonymous,

I get the idea here, but I'm afraid you're going to have to speak to someone who has been to prison or knows someone who has. It's not in my expertise.

However, not doing crime doesn't always prevent you from being arrested.

Dear Anonymous,

Yes, I've heard of it and I've once was supportive of this at one point.

However, this does not tackle the root of the problem. Mr. Saint was tortured as a child by men and a woman of the law yet look where he is now. I was scared straight as a child, yet did that save me from presenting fraudulent evidence or made me more careful to ensure I'd never do it?

You can scare a child until tears are running down their face and they might be genuine, but it's not going to keep them from stabbing or shooting someone on the streets.

Dear Anonymous,

I think I've heard of something like this.

I'm afraid you're going to have to ask the inmates themselves. I'm just a Defense Attorney. Maybe ask Godot or Prosecutor Blackquill?

Dear Snackoonagisa,

How many would you like?

Dear BlueBlazer,

Hm... it looks tasty.