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He curls tighter around the shivering human hatching who now calls him "daddy". '
She might not stay long.' but he wants her to. His ancient heart longs for others to stay. To be around longer than a handful of months at best.
He longs for another to know him as he true is. Not just Phoenix Wright, disbarred and disgraced ace attorney, but as Phoenix, centuries old firebird, protector and friend.
This hatching... Trucy. He want her, wants to raise her and watch the sparks of her fire crescendo into a flaming vortex powered by her pride and her love. She is fire, she is magic, and she is beautiful. Trucy shifts closer to him in her sleep.
‘At least her nightmares are getting better.’ Phoenix nestled her closer, wishing he could wrap her in his wings, protect her from strife.