[Edgeworth eats a bit more and takes a sip of his own iced tea before continuing.]

Even while we were discussing it earlier, I wasn't entirely free of its influence. As such, I... failed to mention that I felt it appropriate that I should have control of you in particular. It seemed somehow right yet insufficient that you were caught up in it even on a mundane level, as perverse as it may sound. Given that merpeople normally cannot control each other, I imagine that too is an abnormal aspect of the song's influence over me.