Sixth Departure

[onwingsofhope]

Taichi's gone . . . I thought it was weird that he didn't say anything when I remembered all that stuff.

Agumon, too.

And Mr. Ginko . . . And Wizarmon.  And even Everyone's going away, Patamon.  Even when Taichi and Agumon promised that they wouldn't leave . . .  Patamon.  Will you disappear, too?

No way!  I triple double Digi swear that as long as

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[a_severed_fate]

[She might be a little worried if only because these "children" have voiced her own fear better than she ever could.]

Neither of you seem particularly energetic...

[onwingsofhope]

Oh. We probably fought too many bears.

And all we do now is sleep since there's only one class left to go to . . .

[a_severed_fate]

You... fought the bears? By yourselves? [She's a little surprised. Tear can understand even children needing to know how to protect themselves, but... ...really?]

...

You know, eating too many sweets can give you a stomachache. When was the last time you ate real food?

[onwingsofhope]

Well. I meant to say 'ran and hid from in terror'. But then we had to fight them anyway because they kept trying to eat Takeru.

If pizza counts as real food, this morning. If it doesn't, um.
. . . .

[notaluchador]

[How about a Blue Beetle to cheer them up? Jaime was doing patrols, but seeing Takeru all gloomy kinda... makes him gloomy too.]

Hey... You guys okay?

[onwingsofhope]

. . . Huh? Oh. Yeah. Uh-huh.

[Takeru doesn't really look up as he thoughtfully continues to chew his cookie. He doesn't seem to notice anything unusual about Jaime. Or if he does, he's not commenting on it.]

[notaluchador]

[This will not do. Jaime circles Takeru as he comments:] You don't look okay. I mean, I don't know about you, buuuut...

I was kind of hoping I could have a passenger on the Jaime Airplane today.

[onwingsofhope]

. . . Um. Sorry, Mr. Jaime. What?

[Takeru blinks a bit at Jaime as he tries to understand what was just said a few moments ago. Something about airplanes.]

[guts_noglory]

[Guts doesn't say anything, just walks up and flips a candy into the boy's lap.]

[onwingsofhope]

. . . Oh! Thank you, Mr. Guts . . .

[guts_noglory]

[He gave him a tentative pat on the head hat.]

No problem. I don't eat it anyway.

[onwingsofhope]

[Takeru doesn't seem to mind. Or notice.]

Why not?

[More people who don't eat candy! It must be a psychiatric disorder.]

[onwingsofhope]

I don't think we will. We did it yesterday, too.

We only got sick the first day.

[onwingsofhope]

We've decided that since we might disappear at any time --

-- We should eat as much candy as we can.

That way, once we get back, we'll have stored fat to get through the Digital World.

Because we're pretty sure there's no candy there.

. . . Also it makes us feel better.

[dragonlitany]

...Are you all right, Takeru...?

Maybe you shouldn't eat so many sweets.

[onwingsofhope]

Hi, Miss Ninian . . . We're fine. But if we don't have candy, we might not be as fine.

[dragonlitany]

Is that so? Too much candy will make you sick, you know... then you won't be fine at all. You ought to try eating something healthy. It might make you feel better...

[onwingsofhope]

Um.

[The two of them exchange glances before Takeru cautiously responds.]

I guess it might be time to stop. What did you have in mind, Miss Ninian?