#numba 1 cryptid

[blessed-pineapple-cruncher]

hooked on the concept of Simon Blackquill suspecting Phoenix of being the Phantom because noone knows anythign about him pre-meeting Mia, except for Larry who just pops in an out of existance, and Miles who knew him for (at most) 1 year.

He could be anyone!

obv hes not but the thought of Blackquill trying to spygame him while he - poker master, master of the poker face; unkillable man; can see when someone has secrets; general fuckin weird guy - is either unaware-yet-perfectly avoids it [Phoenix: (I sure felt surprised. Maybe I had my poker face on.)] or knows hes being stalked and is just bein casual about it (outwardly, inwards u know hes collecting 1million data points)

the actual phantom thinks this is a great mistdirection until either he also becomes obsessed with "who the fuck is Phoenix Wright???" or Phoenix , completely unintentionally, proves without a doubt who the Phantom is via a series of insane events