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[mrgrgrgr]

[Maybe it's a good thing there's so little new Chosen this round. Or maybe a bad thing? If there were more, they would have probably helped calm her down...

...In any case, the whole D-Terminal thing is a bit too elaborate to be a scam, and the beast she may have kicked around a fair bit doesn't seem to be a mindless monster. Anyway, the little red... thing is lying dizzy on the floor right now. Eh, it's not permanent. She's got more matters to worry about than a creature who might just be pretending.

Scrolling through the D-Terminal a bit (after tedious attempts, she's not good at mechanics okay_, she's somehow figured out how to broadcast a message. Smart network idea. Her face is a bit too close to the screen, but it's still pretty clear she's angry.]

My name is Edea Lee. [Fuck beating the bush, she's gonna set it on fire.] If anyone knows about the whereabouts of my friends, please inform me immediately. Their names are Tiz Arrior, Agnés Oblige and Ringabel.

If you're trapping us here, father, you still... [...dammit this thing is live isn't it she should've planned beforehand...] ...underestimate us. [Yeah, smooth. Totally intimidating.

Moving on though. Cue the device flashing around wildly before she figures out how to show her fainted Guilmon to the network.] And what exactly is this thing? I get that it's a Digimon, but what is it?

[give this girl a fucking literature degree]

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[onemorechapter]

I hope you don't intend to keep treating your partner like that.

[mrgrgrgr]

Don't worry, I have no intention to. [She should. Probably apologize once it wakes up.

Poor Guilmon.]

[onemorechapter]

Good. Decent treatment of your Digimon is important for getting by around here.

They're called our "partners" for a reason, after all.

[mrgrgrgr]

I can tell that much.

I do hope he grows the sense to not surprise me when I'm still in shock, though. [Technically, both of them are at fault.] As long as they're white at heart, I have no problem with how they look.

[onemorechapter]

"White at heart"?

[mrgrgrgr]

Oh, that's just how I see things- black and white! Good and evil. White for good, black for evil.

If they're good at heart, I have no problems with them.

[onemorechapter]

I see.

So for you, there's no grey middle ground?

[mrgrgrgr]

Hm... well, of course there is!

[eheh] I mean, some people might be misled to do evil things when they mean well, or do good things for the wrong reason. But the former is redeemable.

[onemorechapter]

So what about situations where people are being hurt because of the actions of others? With two warring sides, one being brutally oppressed and the other fighting back to keep themselves as they are, to prevent from being destroyed?

Who's the evil one then?

[mrgrgrgr]

[She's been in a similar situation- or at least, thinks she has been.] Well, if that's the full story, then the side that oppressed the other is at fault.

But it really depends on who struck the first blow, and how they responded. [Hm. Her time to question.] Why do you ask?

[onemorechapter]

[Hope you don't mind if she bristles a bit, here.]

I have my reasons.

[mrgrgrgr]

[She didn't miss that- then again, it's partly because she expected that kind of response.

Edea knows when she shouldn't press further, though.] If you say so.

[onemorechapter]

[There's just a moment's pause, and then she speaks again.]

So... Even though property is being destroyed and lives are lost, it's the oppressed rather than those defending themselves that you say are in the right?

[mrgrgrgr]

[HMMM she's going to rest her head on her chin. How to phrase this...]

Following the assumption the oppressed were already so by the other side before the violence, I'd say yes. Even if justice has to be achieved by force, it's much better than becoming mindless slaves of another man's twisted rules.

Treat unto others as you want to be treated... they have no one to blame but themselves for the backlash. [Pause.] I wouldn't approve of it if the oppressed side has given up all thought and thrown themselves into violence, becoming the thoughtless puppets they were treated as- but I do believe that fighting against a side black as pitch is justified.

[onemorechapter]

[She's silent for a long moment after this, seeming rather withdrawn. When she does, finally, speak it's with somewhat of a terse tone, like she's trying to control a temper.]

You seem of a better mind of it than someone I know back home. Up to a point.

[mrgrgrgr]

[Edea's not sure what to make of this situation- but it's certainly not a positive one.]

To which point? [Short and simple.]

[onemorechapter]

[When Blake pauses, a Gabumon that had, up to this point, been sitting in thoughtful silence, finally spoke.]

Why did you think your father had trapped you here?

[She had been wondering that the entire time really, but only now had worked up the nerve decided to speak up.]

[mrgrgrgr]

[he's pulled some shit]

Oh... I was brought in at an inopportune time. I trust that most of you lot don't know anything about my homeworld...?

[Should she tell them?] My father has also... done many things. Many things I've been in the dark about for a long time.