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Hikari sighed, leaning against the wall of the sensorium as she watched one of the more recent battles that she had been involved in, the fight against Vilgax. She hadn't been able to figure out how she had managed to evolve Tailmon to her ultimate form of Holydramon during that fight, so she figured it was about time she took another look at it.

She just hoped that looking at the fight would actually let her be able to figure out how they were able to do it.

Tailmon was watching the fight too, just as interested in figuring this out as Hikari was. "We'll figure out how it happened soon," she said, crossing her arms over her chest. "And then we'll know how to do it again when we need too."

Hikari nodded. "Yeah..." She didn't miss that Tailmon said WHEN they needed to use it, and not if. But Hikari couldn't blame Tailmon for thinking that, with the type of odds they've come up against, they probably were going to need to use it again.

The young girl winced a bit when they got to the part where Vilgax had knocked Angewomon back into Tailmon, watching closely as she saw the memory version of her start to glow pink. Even now, she could still remember how her body felt when that happened; it had felt like it was cooking her from the inside.

But it wasn't happening now, and she made sure keep watching, seeing that light shoot off into a beam towards the memory-Tailmon, turning her into Holydramon.

And that's when Hikari saw it. Something that she hadn't realized when it was happening.

The memory stopped, staying in place for a moment.

The memory-Hikari was in her normal form, not using the pactio after that.

It was obvious. It should've been obvious the entire time. The only source of power that Hikari had that she didn't have in the Digital World was the pactio with Negi she had formed after the failure that was the Zokez II battle.

Why didn't she realize this sooner?

She shook her head, letting out a sigh as the scene faded away. "I'm such a dummy."

Tailmon blinked, looking over at her. "It's not like I was able to figure it out either..."

"But it was right in front of my face," Hikari said, moving down to pick up Tailmon in her arms. "But at least we know how it happened now..."

Tailmon nodded, but she didn't point out that they still needed to figure out how to make it happen consistently. She hadn't evolved to Ultimate during the battle on that last mission, after all. Not that she needed to, so it was a good thing that she didn't, but still. Having power like that and not being able to use it consistently was really frustrating.

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The Sensoria, home to the fantasies of a crew from a hundred worlds... depending on how you looked at things, such a landscape of a mind was either a great or terrible place to meet its owner. Rein could understand both views well enough, but it was her function to order the minds of her wielders, so despite her usual reserve she was not above looking into others' simulations when she visited.

And she could not help but notice when one involved herself. Even for her, it was hard not to wonder what was going on...

And, well, it wasn't as if she had to just sit and guess about it. She let herself into the now-featureless room. "You were reviewing the battle?"

Hikari blinked, turning around and seeing the older woman standing there. "Umm... yes," she said. "There was something that I needed to check."

Tailmon stretched, but she didn't really see the point in mentioning that they wanted to check to see why they were all still alive.

Hikari shook her head. "How've you been?"

"Well enough." Still pining after her master, returned to podsleep, but that was not a trouble for others.

"...is there some doubt you're having? You did very well, then." She wasn't going to abandon her inquiry quite so easily.

Hikari shook her head. "Not really. It's just that... what happened then. Neither of us were expecting it to happen," she admitted. "I wanted to know why Tailmon was able to get that strong, that way we could have it happen again if we needed to."

Rein nodded. In that case... "Did you find any clues to help you?"

Hikari nodded. "I did. I just needed to take a look at it from the outside to figure out what it was," she admitted. "Things were just way too hectic during the actual fight for me to realize it, or else I would've noticed back then."

Rein nodded. "You have your answer, then? Is there any other help you need?" She'd been about to offer, the improvement of her masters' magic being her original purpose... but it sounded as though, child or no, Hikari had been able to find what she needed quite well already.

Hikari shook her head. "No, for right now we're fine."

Though it was nice of Rein to offer. "Was there anything you were looking to do when you came over here though?"

"Me? I was just looking at everyone's simulations..." Which sounded a bit voyeuristic, she realized, but... that was the truth of it. Lacking much of a life of her own, she watched others'.

Tailmon and Hikari both blinked at that.

"Any reason why?" Tailmon asked. That, well, seemed like a bit of a waste of time, as far as she was concerned.

Hikari didn't say anything for a moment, mostly because she wasn't exactly sure how she should react to that. "I didn't even know people could do that."

"It's interesting. Everyone here is from different worlds; even if I never have the chance to record their histories or magic in detail I'd like to take these glimpses of them with me. Wherever I may end up." As suited an archive.

At Hikari's statement she simply nods. But speaking of otherworldly magic... "If you don't mind me asking, what is the relationship between you two?" ...magically speaking, she meant.

Hikari blinked. That made sense, but the question that she asked threw her off a bit. "Well, we're partners," she said. "She can take energy from me to become stronger forms, like what you saw in that fight."

Rein tilts her head, curious. She does love learning about such things...

"How did you meet? Does one of you choose the other, or...?" With that description it could be compared to any number of magics she was familiar with, from summoning to the creation of guardian beasts to her own guardian knight system...

Hikari blinked, looking over at Tailmon for a second.

Tailmon nodded, deciding to answer her. "It's a bit complicated. I was created for the sole reason of being her partner to help save our world. But well... I was separated from the others, so while they met them their partners together, I didn't meet Hikari to later on. I... ended up forgetting about what I was supposed to be, and was part of the army of digimon that were trying to invading Hikari's world to kill her. It wasn't till I met her that I realized what was going on and went back to the side where I belonged."

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