... Was it rigid because that's how he set it, or did he have people outside telling him how to run his house?

[ he reaches up to fiddle with carbuncle, conveniently not having to look at edgeworth as he asks the question. he thinks maybe ignis and gladiolus were like his siblings, except not quite. they were never on the same level. ]

I mean... [ here he finally sighs. ] My dad was the ruler of where I grew up, and I was his heir. So there were a lot of rules he and I had to follow.