After Marathoning Season One

[givesalittlewhistle]

...of course I'll help, mun-san.

Whatever it is you need.  I promise to do my absolute best!

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[tailmon_pi]

You always do don'tcha? You're good like that.

[givesalittlewhistle]

[Hikari blinked once. Twice.]

...Tailmon?

[The digimon looked like Tailmon. Or a Tailmon. It wouldn't have been the first time she had come across another of the same kind of digimon as one she'd known before.]

[tailmon_pi]

Not exactly.

[Though she does shift to a more traditional Tailmon color scheme]

I knew your Tailmon and an older you once. You actually helped me figure out a lot about how to work with my partner.

[givesalittlewhistle]

An older me?

I don't remember being older.

[tailmon_pi]

Well I sure remember it. And you were really smart.

So when I saw cute bitty you here I just had to say hello

[givesalittlewhistle]

[...definitely not the Tailmon she knew; while her Tailmon would have been complimentary at times, it was difficult to imagine her ever uttering the words cute bitty.]

[Still, Hikari smiled appreciatively at the compliment.]

Hello to you. And it's a pleasure to meet you, also.

[She clasped her hands together in front of her and offered a polite bow in greeting.]

[tailmon_pi]

[ The tailmon sweeps off her hat and offers a little bow.]

My name is Isha. But sometimes when I'm solving problems in the digital world they call me the Spiritmon~

[Striking a pose that she thinks looks mysterious...she's pretty much a cat sized dork ]

[givesalittlewhistle]

[Hikari...isn't sure exactly what Isha meant to look like, but she could tell that the pose was supposed to garner a favorable reaction from her. So she offered a soft applause.]

That sounds very interesting. I'm sure you must solve a lot of problems, Spiritmon.

[tailmon_pi]

I try!

How about you? What do you usually do when you have a problem?

[givesalittlewhistle]

[Bottle it up inside and don't tell anyone until it's exacerbated to the point where she can't hide things anymore?]

Well...

I guess I ask oniichan for help. [But only if she really REALLY needs to. Otherwise, oniichan has other things to worry about, so she doesn't want to trouble him.]

[tailmon_pi]

[ Some habits die hard ]

That's the smart thing to do. There's no shame in going to someone with more experience or skill when you can't sort something out on your own after all.

It's like how if a human and Digimon are partners, it's best to let the digimon do the fighting because that's what we're good at.

[givesalittlewhistle]

[Only Tri will tell whether or not they die at all....]

Of course!

But...I would never let Tailmon fight alone. Even if all I can do is help her evolve, then I want to remain by her side, no matter what.

[tailmon_pi]

[Fingers crossed]

That's what makes you a good partner. Probably one of the best I've seen.

There's a reason people are gonna look up to you some day.

[givesalittlewhistle]

...really? They'll look up to me?

Right now, the only one who does that is Takeru-kun. And that's only because he's shorter.

[tailmon_pi]

[That's enough to make her laugh]

Hey speaking as someone who's almost always shorter then the people she spends time with? That counts for a lot.