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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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[firealone]

[That is. Terrifying. Most townhouses are large enough that Firepaw sort of considers them part of the terrain, and this thing is... larger than he can even wrap his head around.]

Well... I'm glad you're here. I'm sure that won't happen to us.

[Is he sure? No, not really. But what else is he supposed to do, how do you prepare for something that eats buildings?]

[guilmon]

Yeah! Guilmon won't let bad things happen, even if Takato isn't here with me!

[There's an unwavering determination with his thoughts that was absent before and might even seem odd with how goofy he was moments ago.]

I don't know when I'll evolve again, but that's okay. Even small Digimon can be strong, and Guilmon isn't small anymore!

[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.]

[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!]