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[Yeah, so. Still no Bruce on this D-Terminal, sorry. It's Floramon, once again, and this time he just looks even more worried than ever, if that was even possible.]

So... uh. [He shifts uneasily for a moment, looking pretty much like the world's most uncertain Digimon right now--which probably isn't that all far from the truth.] Bruce hasn't talked to me at all since we got to Hospitown.

[Pause.]

I'm not even sure what the problem is, this time. He just... doesn't talk. I tried to talk to him a couple of times already, but he just either doesn't respond or just says something like 'Later' and then stays in his room and doesn't come out. I asked him once if it was something I did and he said he wasn't but he still isn't talking to me at all and I...

[He just wilts here, this time. Almost literally wilts because with all of this happening, Floramon is becoming sure of one thing:]

I'm useless, aren't I? Maybe that's why he doesn't want me anymore.

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[Tony blinks then tilts his head.]

He hasn't told you about what his life was like back home? Wait, of course not it was personal. Took me a while for him to tell me what I found out from his file.

He's still here. If he starts, I don't know getting fidgety and looking like he's going to run, act like I need to talk to him or something. Could help.

At least I'd like to think it could.

[Floramon can't help but wilt a little at those words. Bruce hadn't told him anything at all, barely anything about his life. There's so much he doesn't know about his partner, even after all this time... its so hard to not feel useless about it.]

How would you even help him? All you do is bully him. [Oops, he hadn't meant to let that slip. But its the truth all the same, at least to Floramon.]

[Tony arches an eyebrow, shifting in view a little his face contemplative.]

Bully? I bully him now? Well that's, new. Really?

Well, yeah. [He says it like its the most obvious thing ever.] You keep making him do stuff and force him into things he doesn't want and all that, how is that not bullying?

Yeah. I think you're confusing bullying for being bossy. Because believe me, what I do, isn't bullying.

Cohersion, yeah. Not bullying.

I know bossy. I am pretty bossy, sometimes. But what you're doing it totally not bossy. You're just making him do stuff!

No, you're a nag. If I you were mine, I'd name you Rhodie.

I'm not making him do anything, if he really doesn't want to be a part of something he isn't. There's a difference.

What difference is there? I don't see it.

The difference is, bossy is ordering people around and getting things you're own way.

Bullying is actively trying to upset people with things they say or do. Believe me, Bruce knows bullies...

And by extension, stalkers.

[Floramon is just going to eye you critically here now Tony.]

Stalkers?

[Floramon wouldn't be surprised how frequently he gets that look]

Yeah, people that follow you around, camp outside your house, leave creepy gifts and is certain you're actually in love with them when... You're not.

[You're starting to lose Floramon here, Tony.]

But why would he have stalkers?

[Bruce is so quiet and... stuff, it just doesn't seem like him.]

Singular. Technically anyway.

And that would be because, well He's technically military property.

[He pauses.]

I'm starting to notice that I know work with more people who fit that description than I should...

[Military...? Floramon needs a moment to digest that word.]

But... he said he doesn't like to fight.

[And isn't the military all about fighting? Or something like that.]

Well, you're right there, he doesn't like to fight.

And he was working with them, on a project, science not fighting. His story though, not mine, and we're not in a world were you can google about it.

[Tony what is this 'Google' you speak of, Floramon does not understand.]

Okay... but why would he work with the military if he doesn't like fighting?

[That is just weird.]

There's more to working for the military that doesn't mean you have to fight. I used to be affiliated with them too.

[...cue look from Floramon.]

Why were you with the military?

[And in turn cue the raised eyebrow.]

Okay, there was a tone there. Not too sure why that's there, care to expand on that?

You said he's 'military property', and you're with the military. It's not that much of a stretch.

Yeah. We didn't meet until Loki showed up, so uncurl your petals, okay?

He was a scientist, I was a contractor. In completely different states.

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[This is Floramon still not convinced by your words, Tony. And besides that...]

Who's Loki?

[Tony just blank faces.]

And people say I never tell them anything. He kind of tried to take over well, everything but started in New York. Bruce didn't mention anything about this?

[Floramon just shakes his head here.]

Nuh-uh.

Wow that's. Interesting, not it's not he's a private guy, hell I'm a private guy, but at least mine know about Loki.

Loki was the reason we met in person, to stop him. Before that I only knew him because of his papers, and his Jekyll and Hyde act.

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