Mestor asserts dominance over Edgeworth

Mestor publicly reinforces his absolute control over Edgeworth in the throne room, reducing him to a mere instrument of his will. The alien entity strips Edgeworth’s feigned bargaining power away with a single command, cementing the twins’ role as forced assets in his plans. The urgency in Mestor’s directives—immediate restoration and relentless pressure to complete the first concept—frames the Sylvest twins as pressure-cooker geniuses whose minds are now brutally exploited. This moment severs any remaining moral ambiguity about Edgeworth’s loyalty and escalates the Doctor and Peri’s mission into a race against time to reclaim the children before their intellect is permanently warped by Mestor’s demands.