To be honest, Apollo doesn't think much of the court's new overnight accommodation. When the judge announced that a room would be provided for the defence and prosecution, Apollo hadn't thought he literally meant one room.
When he's faced with a tricky decision, Apollo sometimes finds it helpful to leaf through an imaginary court record. What do they have here?
Exhibit A: persons present. Apollo Justice. His colleague, Athena Cykes. Simon Blackquill, prosecutor and, perhaps more pertinently, convicted murderer.
Exhibit B: one double bed. Large enough for two. Probably couldn't sleep three comfortably, and, in any case, Apollo doubts he'd get much sleep lying between Athena and a murderer.
(And he'd have to sleep in the middle, wouldn't he? Anything else would leave Athena lying next to the murderer.)
Exhibit C: a half-remembered awareness of the etiquette here. Athena should have the bed to herself, right? A gentleman should offer the bed to a lady. Apollo's probably not much of a gentleman, and there's a good chance Athena would laugh in his face if he called her a lady, but he's pretty sure that's how it's supposed to go.
So he should turn down the bed, offer it to Athena, and, if it were just the two of them, he'd do that right now.
But there's this unknown. Blackquill.
If Apollo turns down the bed, Blackquill might assume he's taking it with Athena. And Apollo can't trap her in the bed with someone dangerous.
Apollo clears his throat. "I guess... Athena and I should share the bed, right? I mean, we're clo—" Don't say closer! God, he's trying so hard not to blush. "We know each other better. Right?"
"Oh!" Athena exclaims. "Um, I thought... maybe we could give Prosecutor Blackquill the bed? I mean, he probably doesn't get many chances to sleep in a comfy bed in prison, y'know?"
She... makes a good point, actually, and Apollo finds himself a little ashamed that that didn't cross his mind at all.
In the end, Blackquill sleeps in the bed. Athena sleeps on the sofa. Apollo sleeps on the floor. Taka perches on the bed's headboard and periodically screeches, waking everyone up.
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When he's faced with a tricky decision, Apollo sometimes finds it helpful to leaf through an imaginary court record. What do they have here?
Exhibit A: persons present. Apollo Justice. His colleague, Athena Cykes. Simon Blackquill, prosecutor and, perhaps more pertinently, convicted murderer.
Exhibit B: one double bed. Large enough for two. Probably couldn't sleep three comfortably, and, in any case, Apollo doubts he'd get much sleep lying between Athena and a murderer.
(And he'd have to sleep in the middle, wouldn't he? Anything else would leave Athena lying next to the murderer.)
Exhibit C: a half-remembered awareness of the etiquette here. Athena should have the bed to herself, right? A gentleman should offer the bed to a lady. Apollo's probably not much of a gentleman, and there's a good chance Athena would laugh in his face if he called her a lady, but he's pretty sure that's how it's supposed to go.
So he should turn down the bed, offer it to Athena, and, if it were just the two of them, he'd do that right now.
But there's this unknown. Blackquill.
If Apollo turns down the bed, Blackquill might assume he's taking it with Athena. And Apollo can't trap her in the bed with someone dangerous.
Apollo clears his throat. "I guess... Athena and I should share the bed, right? I mean, we're clo—" Don't say closer! God, he's trying so hard not to blush. "We know each other better. Right?"
"Oh!" Athena exclaims. "Um, I thought... maybe we could give Prosecutor Blackquill the bed? I mean, he probably doesn't get many chances to sleep in a comfy bed in prison, y'know?"
She... makes a good point, actually, and Apollo finds himself a little ashamed that that didn't cross his mind at all.
In the end, Blackquill sleeps in the bed. Athena sleeps on the sofa. Apollo sleeps on the floor. Taka perches on the bed's headboard and periodically screeches, waking everyone up.