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[Choco's grinning face could be seen as soon as the screen lights up.]

Hi everyone! I'm back! It's been a long time, huh? Things have been really crazy...

Oh, but I wanna show you guys something. It's really important...

[He digs around off to the side for a moment before pulling back up, holding a golden tag with a pink crest.]

Tadah! Fluttershy finally got her crest! Isn't it neat? Kindness really does suit her the best...

Choco, what are you doing?

[He pouts at the Floramon.] I'm just showing everyone Fluttershy's new crest...

[She rolls her eyes.] Would you stop goofing around? Gimme that...

[She starts to take the D-Terminal from him, but Choco holds on, and there's a shaky view of the ceiling as the two start tugging at the device.]

No, leggo! This is what I do - !

[Please excuse as the feed cuts out.]

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You got your crest?! Awesome! Congratulations, Fluttershy!

I finally got mine to work right, too... Guilmon's really--

[WHA-BAMF she's jumped on him and is looking into the camera.]

Being a Taomon is awesome! I can toss around these papers and it's like WHOOSH, BAM, POW, KASPLAT, geko!

Sister, it would perhaps be best if you were to get off of the master's back... I doubt his spine will be able to take it much longer.

What do you mean, geko? Ed's really tough--he can do this all dayyaaaah!

[And then it all topples over. Ryudamon bows to the camera slightly.]

I am very sorry you bore witness to such a shameful moment from us.

[Having gotten her D-Terminal back from the Digimon, Fluttershy stifles back a giggle.]

That's all right. So you were able to use your crest to help Guilmon evolve, Ed? How did you do it?

[Ed sits up, scuffed but unhurt.]

Ahaha... well, Alex was in trouble, so I just thought for a second that we'd need a miracle. Then I just kind of refused to give up, and bam. All that hard work paid off in the end.

It was actually really simple. I guess I was overthinking it before.

I see...so it kind of just happens, but it's also based on your feelings...?

[Or something like that?]

Kind of. Mine's the crest of Tenacity, so... I guess refusing to give up resonated with it.

In your case... Well, if there's one thing you're good at, it's being kind! So, I'm sure it'll shine bright for you really soon.

Oh I see. That does make sense.

[She blushes a little.] Th-Thanks...I really hope so. Though I...I'm not sure how Kindness would help Choco or Floramon Digivolve...

Um... to put it in magic terms...

I think that your kindness is the energy that powers your magical artifact, that crest. So, when it gets powered up by your kindness, the kindness sort of bursts, and then the crest actually lights up. When that happens, you can guide the energy from your Digivice through it, and it sort of... [How to put it without going into CRAZY MAHOTAKU MODE...]

It acts like a prism and focuses it so Choco would be able to digivolve further!

Ooooh...

[That actually makes a lot of sense.]

Okay. I-I'll...do my best...

That's all anyone can ask of you.

...So, uh.

Did you ever get a chance to talk with Beastboy about that stuff he did when he was crazy?

N...N-Not, not...n-not yet...With everything that's been going on, I...I haven't really been able to...

O-oh.

...

You probably shouldn't actually kick someone if they do that. A 'no' will probably be fine.

O-Oh...really...?

[Actually, she seems rather relieved by that.]

B-But...you said I should...? And you made me promise you that I would...

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Yeah I was also kind of a little crazy...

I'm not going to say that there isn't a time and a place for it, but if you can avoid hurting people you should.

Oh...[She hadnn't really noticed, other than that.]

Y-Yes, I...I'd rather not hurt anyone...

[Well lbr I was a terrible bad guy.]

Me too... [Sigh] But sometimes you don't get the option. The key is the wisdom to know when you have to act.

...

I'd love some of that.

[Compared to some others, you weren't really that bad Ed.]

Y-Yeah...me too...

[Exactly. I was better at being a bad guy when I'm a good guy! MY BAD GUY SELF IS BETTER AT BEING THE GOOD GUY THAN MY GOOD GUY SELF!! I AM A TERRIBLE VILLAIN! orz]

W-well, wisdom comes with experience, so for that...

I guess you have to go out into the world and learn, huh.

[Eheh...don't think too much about it too much.]

Th-That's true...I guess we've been kind of learning some of that while we've been here, huh?

...yeah, but...

Hum...

[Scuze me I'm just going to fall silent and think about things.]

Hey... Fluttershy? How much do you know about this world?

H-Huh...? N-Not...too much...

Why?

Nothing, I was just wondering...

I realized something recently.

We don't really leave this place much. We don't know much about what's going on except what other people tell us.

How can we say for certain that the path we're walking is right? We don't know what this world's balance is... only what our worlds' balances are--and they could be different.

Hmm...that's true. But those other Chosen...the one who have been helping us since we got here. They would know, wouldn't they? They would help us figure it out...

Maybe...

And I don't think they're necessarily lying either, but we've been way too reactionary... and there's no telling if they really can explain everything clearly either. They came from other worlds too, so their perception might be weird... like telling a secret to someone that you only overheard yourself. Something might get lost in translation.

Um... I'm not sure if I ever told you this, but one time I would up trapped in another dimension for a while. There were a lot of differences between their societies and the ones where I'm from.

Hmm...that is true. But if we were doing something wrong, wouldn't most of the Digimon tell us that?

N-No, I don't think you ever did. What was it like?

...Our digimon until recently were clones... and the other ones were in a prison or something, I guess? A-anyways, I don't think they'd know. [Nodnod.]

Anyways... it was really a lot of fun. I had a friend with me, and I'm pretty strong so we didn't have a lot of trouble--but I also learned a lot about a lot of views that weren't mine. I had made a lot of assumptions, like that most dragons were scary and mean or that wizards were all smart but not very good in a fistfight. That's... not how it works for real, though.

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