The attempt was met with an acidic glare. Edgeworth leaned back out of the boy's reach and paused to make sure his point was well made before he set about extricating himself from the sheets.

"In case it wasn't obvious enough, this is a virus." He grunted as the sheets finally released him, then climbed gracefully to his feet, dragging the fabric up with him like a security blanket. He staunchly refused to look anywhere but at the boy's wide eyes. "Most likely we're stuck with each other for the foreseeable future."