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Comatose 2

Summery: AU Having woken up from his 15 years of coma, Gregory Edgeworth begins his weeks of recovery with questions concerning his son and the year she's missed. Miles Edgeworth, meanwhile, begins a recovery of his own to forgive himself for his past sins and move on to become a better prosecutor. With the reunion of father and son, both decide to help each other recover physically and mentally of their broken states.

"It's a miracle, Mr. Edgeworth. You seemed to have woken up with hardly any signs of memory loss. We feared for the worse, due to the gunshot damaging the artery near your heart," the nurse said gleefully.

Gregory nodded, then muttered, "m-m-meh...."

"Oh yes, you do seem to be showing possible symptoms of mild traumatic brain damage, though nothing that can't be fixed. It's a miracle that it wasn't worse. You will need physical therapy to walk again, but besides that, you should be fine. The mild brain damage should heal on its own in due time under close watch. In about a year or less, you should be able to live, talk, eat, sleep and move around on your own."

Gregory nodded, slowly moving his trembling hand over his throat. He spoke again, "M... Miles."

There was a knock on the door before the nurse called, "come right in!"

Miles Edgeworth appeared through the door, taking a deep breath. He had been told by the doctor of his father's condition. Indeed, it had been better than what he was told 15 years ago, but it was enough to make him regret his outburst last night. The last thing his father needed to see and hear was his sorry excuse for a son feeling sorry for himself. He needed to be strong for his father. He was the closest family member with the money and luxury to take care of him.

"Good morning, Mr. Edgeworth um... Junior?" The nurse asked.

"Just Prosecutor Edgeworth is fine. It will limit the confusion,"Miles replied. He decided that if he was going to care for his father, he had to not regret his career choice. It wasn't much, but it was a start. His father never regretted any of the choices he's made in his life and neither should he.

"Ah, yes. Your father will need about a week or so of recovery until he's able to walk again. Once then, he'll be allowed to return home, under supervision, until his brain heals."

"I see. How much can he speak? I heard him say my name when he...woke up."

"Yes, but not much. The only word he's ever spoken was Miles,"the nurse said as her and Miles looked directly at Greogry.

"M... Miles," Gregory spoke painfully hoarsely, reaching out for his son.

It took every ounce of strength to not shed any tears like he did before. This was heartbreaking. It was relieving that it wasn't worse, but still heartbreaking. Miles walked to his father and let him hold his hand. He looked back at the nurse.

"Is there anything else I need to know about? I know you said he has mild brain damage, but how bad is it?" Miles asked the nurse.