The court system, overburdened by the massive number of crimes being committed, introduces a radical new method for settling cases more quickly: the bench trial system. Both prosecution and defense face each other in open court and have three days t...
Maya: Pol-ly, Pol-ly. Have we forgotten something?
Parrot: *squawk* "Don't forget DL-6!" *squawk*
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Phoenix: (If I can get Polly to say that here...! That will prove that the caretaker had something to do with DL-6!) Maya, think you can ask it "Have we forgotten something?"
Maya: Um, Polly? Have we forgotten something?
Parrot: "... ... Hello! Hello!" *squawk*
Maya: ...!
Maya: Th-that's not what you're supposed to say! Forgot! Something we forgot!
Parrot: "Hello! Hello!" *squawk*
Maya: Uh oh. It's not working, Nick! She won't say it!
Phoenix: (This is ridiculous! Why won't she say it!?)
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Karma: Tsk tsk tsk... Something the matter, Mr. Wright?
Phoenix: (Wait... Don't tell me von Karma expected this! He couldn't have retrained the parrot... could he!? Did he train her not to respond when we asked if we'd forgotten anything!?)
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Defense's Bench
(Y/N): We'll have to try something else. Let's ask about the code to the safe.
Maya: Huh? The safe? Why?
Phoenix: Let's just try to get her to say anything, okay?
Maya: Polly! What was the number of the safe in the shack?
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Parrot: "1228... 1228..."
Judge: ...
Judge: My, what a reckless parrot. Well, Mr. Wright? You aren't claiming that this number has something to do with the caretaker?
Phoenix: Actually, it does! That's why I had her say it!
Karma: Hah! Ridiculous! How can the number to a safe tell us who the caretaker is?
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