Not that long. A few of them I crossed paths with before for different reasons, before running into them again. The person I primarily started this with is... [he's quiet, as if trying to figure out how to word this] ... someone I also crossed paths with then.
But they came back to help finish what you started even if you met them for different reasons? [he tilts his head.] Those sort of sound like allies to me, Hugo. If not friends.
...that girl you were with at least sounded like she thought you weren't just someone doing their job.
I don't know if we ever really get a choice when it comes to people who choose us as their friends. [he says, as a person who will constantly throw himself in danger and do everything he can for friends.]
...I just mean...[he doesn't get to elaborate on what that means, because instead hugo gets this. sorry it's long there's stuff in the middle that makes it an awkward cut.]
...yeah. It took us time to realize it, but Meicoomon was causing an infection to spread in the Digital World, infecting other digimon. Infected digimon would become aggressive and start attacking. We had to find a way to get rid of the infection and save the Digital World, but the first plan didn't work. So we had to come up with something else, or our world would be destroyed instead.
[hm. bad question. but it's also only fair to answer.]
...the first solution was to try to reboot the Digital World. We thought that by doing that, it would purge the infection entirely, even at the risk of losing everything including our partners' memories. The reboot worked, but Meicoomon still remembered. The infection was still there.
So...she evolved as a way to defend herself. And things got worse. We started talking about other options, and the option we had to settle on was destroying her ourselves. [which isn't great.] We hesitated too long. She became Ordinemon somehow...[...] I don't know exactly what was wrong. Something happened, and Earth was in danger. But we knew the only way to end it was to end her. She wasn't herself anymore, but Meicoomon was still in there somehow. Ordinemon had grown too powerful and out of control...we didn't have another choice.
...so we ended it. [sometimes. you mercykill a friend.]
Yeah...Mochizuki's the one who asked us to do it, but...Meicoomon was still her partner. The bond between a chosen and their partner is pretty much unbreakable. [so losing a partner is terrible.] But it was the only way. My sister wanted us to find a way to save her, but that option was no longer available to us no matter how much we may have wanted it.
[he folds his arms over his chest loosely, leaning back against whatever wall is available.]
...I want to believe that maybe that's how Caiman felt in the end, too. Even if he didn't remember killing Molly, knowing that it was possible and knowing it could happen again probably wasn't the greatest revelation.
Yeah. I don't know how many of us would be able to accept something like that. [...] Someone told me that it's possible there are other people who have killed under another influence. And that it could happen again. If this place can toy with us like that, how are we supposed to stop that?
And the root's hidden just enough that we haven't been able to trace back to it yet. It's something big enough that it was able to control you guys for so long. Let's just hope it doesn't come down to that again.
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...that girl you were with at least sounded like she thought you weren't just someone doing their job.
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[something uncomfortable flickers across her face.]
... I suppose she did say we were friends, and she's done a lot for me. That's exactly why I wished she didn't try to help in the first place.
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Did you believe her when she said it?
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[which is why
he wishes she fucking didn't!]
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...that was her choice to make though. Even if you don't think you're important enough for that, she obviously did.
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[but compared to dying, knowing that he caused someone so much pain, even if it was mostly by her own will, is far worse.]
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well. there's one part that stands out to him.]
Infections?
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...yeah. It took us time to realize it, but Meicoomon was causing an infection to spread in the Digital World, infecting other digimon. Infected digimon would become aggressive and start attacking. We had to find a way to get rid of the infection and save the Digital World, but the first plan didn't work. So we had to come up with something else, or our world would be destroyed instead.
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for a few moments, he looks thoughtful.]
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...the first solution was to try to reboot the Digital World. We thought that by doing that, it would purge the infection entirely, even at the risk of losing everything including our partners' memories. The reboot worked, but Meicoomon still remembered. The infection was still there.
So...she evolved as a way to defend herself. And things got worse. We started talking about other options, and the option we had to settle on was destroying her ourselves. [which isn't great.] We hesitated too long. She became Ordinemon somehow...[...] I don't know exactly what was wrong. Something happened, and Earth was in danger. But we knew the only way to end it was to end her. She wasn't herself anymore, but Meicoomon was still in there somehow. Ordinemon had grown too powerful and out of control...we didn't have another choice.
...so we ended it. [sometimes. you mercykill a friend.]
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again, hugo looks like he's thinking about something else for a moment, before he turns his gaze back at taichi.]
... Based on that info, I would've done the same. [...] Personally, if that happened to me, I'd rather others kill me than let me endanger others.
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[he folds his arms over his chest loosely, leaning back against whatever wall is available.]
...I want to believe that maybe that's how Caiman felt in the end, too. Even if he didn't remember killing Molly, knowing that it was possible and knowing it could happen again probably wasn't the greatest revelation.
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Mm. The idea of losing control of yourself like that can be one of the most terrifying things there is.
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And the root's hidden just enough that we haven't been able to trace back to it yet. It's something big enough that it was able to control you guys for so long. Let's just hope it doesn't come down to that again.
[bad.]
...can I ask you something?
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...when this is over, are you really just gonna go back to nothing?
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Yes.
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