[And Edgeworth's already let indication of it being tied to the same events that snowballed into the last time he didn't seem like himself slip out. After all, the events in the elevator weren't the only layer to DL-6's trauma...]

OBJECTION! Do you expect me to strip-search a young lady who rendered aid I hardly deserved to receive from her?! Or perhaps, instead, you expect me to do so to a little girl?!

[As valiant an effort as he's making to keep the illusion of confidence in his voice, though, there's desperation in his eyes as he makes this excuse...]