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[It's a video. Terra's somewhere outside of HospiTown by the forest in the background; it's late but not so late where he can't be easily seen. He looks like he hasn't been sleeping well, but otherwise alert.]

Hey there. I don't know most of you and most of you don't know me, so ... I'm Terra. I've been told in some detail we're here to save this place, and I intend to get to it.

['Now', apparently.]

Minervamon said she'd be leaving more detailed information later on, but for now I know we need to find Titamon and find the ARCloner as some first steps. It's a lot better than nothing to work with at all, but this world's a lot larger--

[A lot larger than most worlds he's been to. He can't say that, and continues after a moment of thought.]

--Than I expected. There's a lot of ground to cover. So I'm hoping to find some people willing to do some traveling. ...A lot of traveling actually. And willing to share what they find when they're traveling with everyone else. If anyone out there's got experience with uh, scouting, reconnaissance, that sort of thing, and willing to help, I'd like to hear from you.

[It's pretty clear Terra's not used to doing this sort of thing, it's all pretty awkwardly stated, with a bit of fidgeting here and there too, but he manages to stay pretty calm. This was a thing he was sure would help. Now if he could find enough people willing to help..]

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That's one of the many goals, yep.

[Not everyone was going to be inclined to help.. but that didn't mean they couldn't use help in return.]

I'll definitely call, then. ...'Creature adventurers'? Does that mean you adventured with creatures, or ..adventured looking for creatures, or WERE creatures and just happened to adventure?

[That's definitely confusion, but Terra's trying to not come off as insulting about it. Just really bewildered.]

[Honestly, Martin's just amused as he gives a laugh at the questions.]

Hah'would you believe the answer's a mix of all three?

[He can't help but chuckle a little more. What they do is sort of...unique.]

Me and Chris go on adventures looking for creatures, and often the creatures we encounter end up taking us on a completely different adventure.

Aha'and, sometimes we get to be the creatures we're studying. Our friend back home, Aviva, is an inventor, and she's created these amazing suits that let us use the awesome abilities and adaptations of the creatures we meet.

Really?

[Learn something new every day. This might not be quite what he expected, but it certainly is interesting!]

Can I ask what sort of adaptions? Do you mean like flying or breathing in water, or more like... camouflage and things like frog tongues?

[This is wildly offtopic. No, Terra, focus.

Except he can't. He does have an imagination and sometimes it did run off on its own. He might be technically an adult but not all the kid has worn off yet.]

Anything and everything!

[He's grinning even more widely as he talks about one of his other most favorite subjects besides creatures: the creature power suits. It's enough that his gestures become even more animated to accompany his explanation.]

The awesome camouflage and split-second capture techniques of the Frogfish. The super stealth of the Jaguar. The incredible speed of the Cheetah. The mighty strength of the Orangutan. The Sperm Whale and the Giant Squid's ability to swim to some of the deepest depths of the ocean! And the amazing aerial acrobatics of the Peregrine Falcon!!!

[He's actually almost out-of-breath because he said all of that without inhaling, but he shouts the last part out shooting his arms up over his head. And he still hardly pauses to take a breath before he speaks again.]

And soooo many more!!

[It seems interesting enough to listen to that Terra looks around before finding a comfortable place to sit, balancing his terminal on one knee. Enthusiasm was never a bad thing to encourage, and this was kind of neat. He had ... no idea at all what most of the creatures mentioned actually are but it sounds impressive!]

And this suit let you test out all those different abilities all by yourself? Does it make you feel closer to the creature you'd been allowed to imitate even for a short time?

[This is so wildly off-topic, but ... this doesn't really occur to him.]

... Hey I wonder, if you could have one of those suits here, could it let you see what it's like to be a digimon?

[He nods.]

Yeah! Hah, well, with help from our creature pals, we do. The suits use a disc programmed with all the information we've gathered about the creature and its abilities. Put the disc in the suit and snag a little touch of DNA of the creature you're changing into and voila!

[That's a really simplified version of the process but he's too excited to get really in-depth about it.]

It's so cool and it really does help us get a better idea of what it's like to be the creature. And the better we understand them, the better we can help them and their environment and educate other people about 'em.

[He could qualify as the embodiment of off-topic, so he doesn't mind at all. This is his favorite subject, and his face practically lights up at Terra's suggestion.]

Oho man...that'd be incredible! H'we've actually got our suits here with us, and all our discs. They just don't work. None of our tech from back home does.

[That is actually a tremendous bummer, even though he says it light-heartedly with a "But what can ya do?" tone.]

That sounds incredibly interesting.

[And neat, he'd love to see it working. Love to try it out for himself too, but Terra knew that wasn't likely to happen! He'd just have to hope one day they get it working again so he can see it in action!]

Well, even if it doesn't work right now, maybe one day it will. It might not have made the transition to this world intact! Do you know anyone here with the sort of .. uh, technological knowhow to maybe take a poke at it?

[Terra is very clearly not this person. He's the sort that probably thinks a wall phone is really high tech.

But that doesn't really negate his enthusiasm any. Creature suits! What would it be like, to be the creature??]

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