( Edgeworth can certainly empathize with being career-focused. He's not sure what 'proxy business' is, but it sounds technical, so he doesn't enquire about it further, at least for now. )

I understand. I was much the same myself, back home.

( And in all honesty, he's still the same here, unsure how to simply relax without doggedly pursuing some sort of self-imposed goal. But it's an uncomfortable realization, and he decides not to dwell upon it. )

Is there anything you would have liked to try, given half the chance? Perhaps now is the time to seize the opportunity.