video;

[fuckinstoplights]

[Wow, Kagerou never looked so grim before. He's squinting at the camera like it's somehow offended him. He's also indoors. Inside an apartment. Where he has never gone in all the months he's been in the city.]

You all lied to me.

[... yeah that's a little harsher than he usually sounds. His lip actually curls.]

There's no one here. It's all mine.

Why were you all trying to tell me otherwise?

[Okay, while it's true he doesn't currently have a roommate, what the hell Kagerou. You're not usually this demanding.]

Is it because I'm not like any of you? Is that why you were trying to scare me off? Were you all lying to me about everything?

[REALLY not this demanding. Ever. Whoops.]

Comments

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

H...Have you ever asked...?

[It's not accusatory or upset. Just a simple question.]

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

No. I thought it was obvious!

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

You...thought it was obvious that everyone was human? Or that some might not be?

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

That I wasn't!

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

Wh...Wh-What would make it so obvious?

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

[He sputters something. No, he doesn't have a good answer for that.]

It -- just should have been!

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

I-Is it...always obvious to you when others aren't originally human...?

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

Don't make this about me. I haven't done anything wrong!

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

B-But...you never asked if any others were previously human...I-It's...hard to tell who was and who wasn't for those who've never been human, isn't it?

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

You're not listening!

[Which isn't true, but he can't see that right now.]

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

I-I...I am listening...and I do understand. I-I'm just...trying to help you understand too...

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

I don't need to!

Why should I listen to some human!

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

But I...I-I'm not human...I-I mean...I wasn't, before coming here...

Just like you weren't...

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

...

What.

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

I-I...wasn't human before either. Wh-When I came here...it changed me too...

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

How can I believe that.

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

[She turns slightly, stretching her wings out a bit to show him.]

I-I was...told humans don't normally have..these...

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

What...

[For a second, he's confused. The confusion cuts through the anger... but just for a second.]

They're lovely.

[Says the little Keramon, hiding in a corner, because it has no clue what's happening here.]

Where did you get those?

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

[Catching the Digimon's words, she at least manages a small smile.]

Th-Thank you...

I...I've always had these...They're my wings...They're normal for some of the p...for some of us back where I come from...

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

[It smiles a little, too, but it's quick to go back to fretting.]

No one but birds and BPs have wings.

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

I-It's...different in my world. Wh-Where I come from...th-there aren't any humans at all, and...certain beings called pegasus have wings...

Th-That's what I am - was - b-back home...A pegasus...Wh-When I came here, I...changed to look human, but...s-somehow kept my wings...

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

There are always humans. They're everywhere.

Sure you did. Sure -- you have no way of proving that!

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

N-Not where I come from...M-Most everyone in my world are some kind of...pony...

[She sighs softly.] I-I...suppose I don't...I-I can only tell you the truth...and if you don't believe me...there's nothing I can do about that...

[video]

[fuckinstoplights]

Pony. Right.

[Okay, legitimately, he doesn't know what a pony is. But still.]

No, I don't believe you. I don't believe any of you.

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

W-Well...I-I'm...I'm sorry you feel you can't trust us...