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[fuckinstoplights]

[Well it's the birdbrain again, this time, holding up something pink and glowing.]

[He looks completely bewildered. But that's nothing new.]

What is this? It just -- I was talking to someone, and it just appeared.

Did I do something wrong?

[And yes, that's a serious question.]

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[digilight]

[Do you remember this little girl, Kagerou?]

That's the Crest of Light! It's yours. Wow, it's the same one I have.

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[fuckinstoplights]

[Yes. He does. And he sits up a little straighter.]

Mine...?

What does it do? I -- why did it just appear?

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[digilight]

You must've done something to make it appear. The crest's power's inside you, after all.

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[fuckinstoplights]

I haven't done anything...

It has to be a mistake.

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[digilight]

It can't be, the crests don't make mistakes.

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[fuckinstoplights]

But... it has to be.

I don't deserve something like this.

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[digilight]

Maybe you just don't think you do. The Digital World thinks you do a lot...and so do I. You still seem like a good person.

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[fuckinstoplights]

Why? Why would it think that way...?

I'm only a prototype. Nothing but a shadow.

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[digilight]

Shadows don't have to be bad.

Besides, you say you're a shadow, but to get the Crest of Light, you have to shine very brightly.

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[fuckinstoplights]

I... didn't think they were. Since, I was happy, in his shadow.

This doesn't make sense. There has to be someone better. Someone... who shines better.

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[digilight]

[She shakes her head.] I don't think you're going to listen...but I think you shine in your own way. I can't do much...and my brother and the others are always better at fighting. But I know this crest belongs to me. It represents something very special inside me...and yours is the same.

Kagerou-san. You were happy as a shadow, so there's no reason for you to not get that crest. Even if someone's better, it doesn't mean you aren't good too. That's just what I think.

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[fuckinstoplights]

How? How do you know that it's yours, and not someone else's? That it wasn't a mistake?

That's all it takes, to get this? Just... be happy?

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[digilight]

[A sheepish expression.]

I got my crest a little different than my friends...but yours reacted to you, just like mine reacted to me! It's that simple, I'm sure of it.

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[fuckinstoplights]

You sound so certain. But... I still don't understand, I don't think.

This place has never made a mistake before? It's never... given it to the wrong person?

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[digilight]

Nope! I don't think so.

I know it's a lot, and it's okay not to understand. But it's not a mistake.

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[fuckinstoplights]

...

What does it want me to do, with this thing?

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[digilight]

You can digivolve your partner to the Ultimate level...and other things. Crests have their own special powers, and they can be very strong.

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[fuckinstoplights]

Special powers...?

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[digilight]

Like protection. Mine's been a shield a few times, when I've needed it most.

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[fuckinstoplights]

A shield.

But it's just a ... this. [He holds it up, unsure what the word for it would be.]

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[digilight]

[She giggles.] It may be small, but it can be really strong! Don't Digimon prove that?

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[fuckinstoplights]

Sometimes.

But he got larger before he was able to help against the monster.

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[digilight]

Well, crests can look bigger too. Just keep it with you.

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[fuckinstoplights]

Just keep it.

That's all?

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[digilight]

...And try to believe in yourself.