We've been calling them "Eaters". They degrade and corrode digital matter. My world, my Digital World, is dying.
On Earth Virtual Reality is popular. Since logging in means mentally entering, the Eaters devour people's mental data. As a result they end up in comas.
God forbid. The last thing we need is one more wrinkle in this particular game.
[ no more monsters!!! no more monsters!! ]
It's still strange to me, to think about all the creatures or problems that everyone else seems to have to deal with. We have our monsters, but they're all very, very human. I don't know if that's better or worse.
[ kyoko's been around fei du enough by now to know him; his facial expressions are tiny, microexpressions of his real emotions hidden nearly perfectly. here, it darkens just slightly. ]
...Yes. They certainly can.
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Well, luckily for us, that's all we have. I'll take it, I think, based on what I've heard.
[Kyoko's expressions are natural, but they're almost always studying the people around her... Which does make more sense considering what exactly she is.]
It's better if the Eaters don't further out anyway.
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[ So much. She talks to humans so much, and if she's honest sometimes she still doesn't get them.
But there are Digimon she doesn't understand either. ]
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What do you mean?
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[ a little huff of a laugh. ] You've been at it for a long time, but I've - well. Never really met anyone like you before. In more ways than one.
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I'd be surprised if you'd met another.
Humans and Digimon are both people. You're just as flawed as each other. And just as able to be virtuous.
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[ there's a little smile on his end, too, and similarly - it's a bit more honest. ]
Why did you end up coming to work and live with them?
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[ And she appreciates it. ]
I told you my world was in crisis. This was the best way to investigate why that happened.
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Mm. Was it a human that caused it, you think? Have you been able to figure a few things out on the trail?
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...Wow.
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I don't believe they understood what they were doing at the time.
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The action also let in something else, some other entity that's dangerous to us both.
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Oh?
[ this is like wildly fascinating please tell him more ]
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On Earth Virtual Reality is popular. Since logging in means mentally entering, the Eaters devour people's mental data. As a result they end up in comas.
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No wonder you made that face at these.
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[ This is why she uses a desktop. ]
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God forbid. The last thing we need is one more wrinkle in this particular game.
[ no more monsters!!! no more monsters!! ]
It's still strange to me, to think about all the creatures or problems that everyone else seems to have to deal with. We have our monsters, but they're all very, very human. I don't know if that's better or worse.
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A monster in the shape of a human can do just as much damage. If they're in the correct place, if they have the correct amount of power.
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...Yes. They certainly can.
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Well, luckily for us, that's all we have. I'll take it, I think, based on what I've heard.
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It's better if the Eaters don't further out anyway.