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[guilmon]

[The feed opens with a close shot of a very red snout sniffing the Grumpearl, accompanied by warm, curious thoughts.

Judging by his wooden surroundings, he's somewhere among the Cheri Berries.

When he pulls back, he reveals himself as... a Charmeleon, with three spiky scales on each of his cheeks and a big, goofy smile.]

Hmm.

[Guilmon taps the pearl with one of his claws.]

It's shiny... Oh! But Guilmon's supposed to talk. Or think? ...Think about talking? Wah...

[He tilts his head, trying to figure out what to say.

An image of a Fuecoco flicker through the feed.]

Guilmon isn't small anymore. I think I evolved... That's okay, though. Guilmon's evolved lots of times, and now Guilmon has longer arms and legs and is almost Guilmon-shaped.

[And by Guilmon-shaped, he means... well, a a bipedal red dinosaur with black markings, a white belly, and wing-like ears.

The image accompanying his thoughts starts eating bread. Mountains of bread.]

But now Guilmon's tail is on fire... There's lots of wood here. That seems dangerous, but Ribombee said it's okay for Guilmon to be here. Maybe I can use it to make bread.

[He turns around and looks at his tail.]

Oh! But Guilmon will also work hard! Those quests look important, and there's lots of weird mushrooms now. Maybe Guilmon can burn those, too...

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[offtracks]

...oh! I see!

[his ass Does Not See]

That is very...ah, creative?

[guilmon]

Yeah! That's why Takato's the best!

[There's genuine joy rippling through his thoughts, with the sincerity of an ecstatic puppy.]

But most Digimon aren't made from drawings. Guilmon's just Guilmon.

[guilmon]

Guilmon mostly just eats bread by itself... Maybe I should see what else they have here.

[He's had other things, but bread is so good, he's not too picky with it.]

[firealone]

[That sense of determination is very familiar to him. And it does help Firepaw calm down, despite the harrowing mental image still rattling around in his head.]

Yeah... I'm not planning on evolving, I like being small. But I know small creatures can do plenty - especially when they work together.

[Like um... start wars with each other. Cats are really great at that.]

[offtracks]

That makes sense.

[That most of them aren't made from drawings. The drawing part still makes absolutely no sense! It just seems like it would be impolite to ask?]

Did you have fire abilities before as well? You looked a bit like you might!

[guilmon]

That's okay. It sounds like evolution works differently here, 'cause when I asked about it, Dr. Denne said you just stay in your new form.

[Which is weird to him, but it does make things different. Guilmon sure wouldn't want to be Growmon or MegaloGrowmon all the time!]

[guilmon]

Yeah! Guilmon's attack was Fire Ball! And sometimes I'd dig or use Rock Breaker, which is an attack with my claws... or I'd use special attacks when Takato used cards to power me up.

[An image displays Guilmon gaining multiple pairs of glowing, feathery wings. Behold...]

[offtracks]

Ah! Like a....Mega? Evolution...?

[Ingo’s confusion at his own words is obvious. What on earth is a mega evolution...?]

[telewarped]

You should! If there's one thing this place has got, it's good food.

[She has to admit that, despite the tragic loss of some of her personal favorite treats.]

You have a favorite kind of bread?

[seacub]

...Was being, uh...the only one of you there was, the reason you had to be hidden?

[Slowly moving away from the head hurty topic...]

[dunchies]

Hmm. Bread is pretty hard to beat, but I think it's even better with a nice stew.

[ Encouraging a balanced diet for a growing dragon-lizard is important! ]

You're right. Those mushrooms are from back home. Their spores could change what you look like too, but sounds like it just sort of happened for you. [ He's still wrapping his head around it. ] But, I'll bet! I wonder what new moves you can learn. You look like you can do some serious damage now, even without your firebreath!

[guilmon]

Mega? Hmm...

[If this was dub continuity Guilmon, he'd have more to say on the term "Mega," but as he is not...]

Well, there's Adult Level, then there's Perfect, and then there's Ultimate! Oh, and before that, there's Child, and before that there's Baby.

Guilmon turned back into a Baby stage when he had to go back to the Digital World, but now Guilmon's big again, so that's okay.

[guilmon]

Guilmon bread!

[An image of majestic bread, shaped like Guilmon's head, spins around in his mind, accompanied by angelic light and... a choir?

Yes.]

It's bread shaped like Guilmon's head, and it's super tasty!

[guilmon]

It's because Guilmon's a Digimon.

[Although...]

But sometimes, Takato took me out, and people thought I was wearing a costume!

[guilmon]

Stew... Hmmm.

[Give him a moment to consider this. Something with bread...

There are many options. Options he has not fully considered...]

Guilmon's a lot faster now, which is good! It was hard running around on short legs, and grabbing things was hard, too. But you're a dog, so I bet you're really fast!

[offtracks]

Oh...of course.

[Now Ingo doesn't understand what either of them is talking about!]

Ah, well. I am glad that you like this form, then!

[bladeofnymeia]

There is a term I've heard before..."found family". Others usually describe their very dearest friends that way. So I don't think you're wrong at all.

[dunchies]

[ He'll contemplate along! An image comes to mind of them both sitting around a big pot, dipping some fresh bread into a deliciously meaty stew.

Oh, now he's really getting hungry. ]

That's good to hear. It'd be pretty tough to climb up the Canopy with those little legs, too. [ He's... not going to dwell on that. Instead, he practically lights up! ] Yeah, that's true! Apparently I can go even faster with my electricity, but I haven't thought of trying it yet. Not around town at least.

[ A beat. ] Wait, what're the dogs like where you're from, Guilmon? Are they... kind of like other Digimon?

[guilmon]

It's still not Guilmon's favorite form, but it's okay! Anything closer to Guilmon is a start.

[Hmmm... But they've been talking about him a lot. He doesn't want to hog all the spotlight!]

But what about you? You were human, right?

[guilmon]

Ohhh... Because you find friends who are like family.

[He nods along. That makes sense!]

But Guilmon is still trying to figure out how these guilds work. They seem really important...

[guilmon]

Dogs are... dogs. They bark and sniff and do dog things, but there are dog Digimon like Dobermon.

[His thoughts are tinged with sadness, as a dobermon Digimon and a little girl flicker through his mind.]

Actually, lots of Digimon look like animals. I guess because humans made Digimon, so they based them on things they knew.

[offtracks]

I was! I suppose in many ways, I still am!

[Does simply becoming a Pokemon later in life really mean one is a Pokemon? The same way a normal Typhlosion would be? Another philosophical question, probably, more than anything else.]

It has been a bit of an adjustment, walking on four legs like this.

[telewarped]

Oh, wow. Looks almost too cute to eat.

You must be a pretty big deal to have your very own kind of bread.

[guilmon]

Four legs...

[Guilmon drops down on all fours, trying to do just that, which might look a little silly, given that a Charmeleon's arms are longer than its hindlegs.]

Crawl, crawl... Hmmm. It makes Guilmon feel sneaky!

[offtracks]

[Ingo chuckles a little, hiding it behind a forepaw.]

I suppose so! Though it does make me miss having proper hands!