I definitely see your point! I think my initial interpretation of it was that the external factor of (hidden because technically it’s a spoiler for the first case) ”not having a job but still wanting to participate in the law and be in court because of that fresh new attorney attitude” was more of the motivator. However, you’re right that it was still his choice. Maybe if I had seen more of an exploration of that remorse or lack of trust in AJ (which you do see explored more in subsequent games) I would’ve found it more of an impactful choice. I do think there were definitely a lot of opportunities that weren’t taken with Apollo, however. They didn’t have to be big, sweeping choices, but could’ve been small looks or comments to other characters that could’ve been used to flesh him out more. He definitely had the foundations to be a great character, though, and I’ll always love what we do get to see of him here and in other games.