A Time to Reflect (Susumu)

Susumu had woken up that morning just below the ground, in a den that he himself had dug years ago. There were a few of these sprinkled through out the temperate and warm zones of the digital world, but his sense of smell seemed to have been helping him find them all again in recent days. Today, the Dracomon emerged from the server woods, itching to continue his practice of chancing upon new friends. It wouldn't take very long for him to succeed, too, as in the Mainframe Hills, people of interest had a tendency to stick out amongst the wide open spaces and clear scenery! This time would be even more special than all of the other times, because today, when Susumu looked out into the distance, he could have sworn he saw a human! Not too long after, though, a whole bunch of digimon would appear with no warning! The human wasn't in danger, was she? Probably not, thought the Dracomon, but he would pick up the pace and sprint over to the group, juuuuuuust in case!

Before he ran into the crowd of digimon towards Eleonora, Susumu would call out to make his presence known. "Heeeeey~!" He skidded to a stop and huffed. "Are you a human, miss? Oh, and, are you alright, too? I wanted to say hi! My name's Susumu! Su-su-mu! I've never met a human before!"

"Thank you! Hello, Eleonora! It's nice to meet you, too!" The Dracomon's eye's would glisten as he stared admiringly (but from a safe distance) at Eleonora, likely the first human he had ever met who was willing to hold a conversation with him, rather than, for example, running away. All the other humans Susumu had tried to talk to directly had done that, and it had been affecting him deeply. Then again, he supposed that none of those humans he had talked to had already been in the Digital World at the time of the conversation!

Someone had tried to tell him that it was impossible. Humans would always be too fearful of what they didn't know for coexistence. But that clearly wasn't true! Susumu looked at the human girl, then around to all of the other digimon about the area, and back to the girl, tilting his head to ask another question.

"You seem pretty relaxed! Are they your friends?"

He sounded hopeful.

Susumu's tail would flick back and forth with excitement - he had gotten himself plenty of rest last night, and woke feeling super energetic! One might have called it an entertaining sight to see the little dragon run a circle or two, eagerly taking in the friendly scene surrounding him.

"Wow!" exclaimed he, "You're all partners? Then, then it's true! That there are humans who aren't afraid! I've always wanted to meet a human who wasn't afraid. I have had no such luck with the human world as of yet..." Susumu would meekly smile and scratch his head, having calmed down, though still as happy as ever. He would nod at the German's explanation of her partners, while his eyes gleamed with his non-stop admiration, and he would answer her next question:

"I'm a wild digimon! I live around here! But nice people so often come by, so I like to explore! And then I met you! I'm finally speaking with a human! So I'll relax here with you, if you're okay with that! May I meet your partners, too?"

The small dragon smiled at Leo's question, and let his tail flop onto the ground. "I dunno why they would not be able to, either! That is why I am very glad you agree! I met a nice digimon in the human world, but she said that humans were afraid of what they did not understand. Even if that is so, I knew there would be far more to it than that! Um... and I have never asked other wild Digimon about the issue, but I have met few with concerns outside of their native area, let alone their native world!"

All of the members of Brave Heart would be subject to the same curious and respectful gaze from Susumu. "It is a pleasure to meet you," he said to the two gears, bowing his head and neck to them. It would seem that Kamina had charmed the Dracomon, as upon the metal ball's introduction, Susumu rapidly tapped his clawed feet on the soft ground and inched closer to get a better look. "That's so cool~!" he swooned, "I want to fight for justice too, and protect the innocent!" However, when he heard that the last two members of the army did not speak, he, too, forwent speech, and simply stepped closer, with a low, calm growl that could almost be described as a purr. He put his snout forward and offered a gentle nose nuzzle to the each of them (including the one with a drill for a nose), but did not insist if they did not return it. Afterwards, he stood in front of all of them and said again, this time for everyone, "My name is Susumu! I am very glad to meet all of you!"