Draconic Guidance [Ophelia]

Ophelia would pause, before quirking her lips a little as Valt began going on about a lecture about how evolution worked. Which... She knew about how it worked, she knew it took time, and she didn't ask how it worked. This wasn't really piquing her interest - in fact, it felt like she was being lectured over a miscommunication. She was mostly joking around and being excited, was all; though she didn't really like that they kept bringing up how she liked to train. If training like this was so bad, then she would've probably become something undesirable by now, right? And her mother wouldn't have taught her like this either if it was bad!

She wouldn't really mention anything though, her expression just becoming maybe a little dour as Valt brought it up.

Instead though, she'd just smile a little as the subject changed and she was pat on the shoulder, and would respond by playfully punching Valt on the shoulder with a giggle, tail swishing. "Sounds good!" She'd respond to Valt mentioning guiding and training her. Though, Bakemon were ghosts, right? ... A small part of her couldn't help but wonder what a ghost Leomon would be like - it sounded kind of cool! Just probably not her thing. Ghosts couldn't swing swords around!

Otherwise though, Ophelia would watch out the window with much curiosity and awe as the buildings of the residential district went by - her mentally mapping down Ys in her head, as they went along. It wouldn't do to get lost out here once she was trekking it on foot, after all! She was still very curious though, and very eager to see just what Ys had in store for her as a whole. "How big is this place?" She'd ask Valt and Ryouta, glancing to them.

As Ryouta pulled out his D-Nexus, Ophelia would perk up curiously at the strange device - having not seen it before. Ryouta had some sort of device for maps? That was pretty cool! And the city was decently sized, too! She would gaze to the map with that same awe and intentness, trying to memorize all of the roads and pathways thru the city - as though to not get lost whenever it came time for her to explore Ys on her own! She would be PREPARED! But, all the same, she was curious about the device, too! "What's that..?" She would ask, pointing to the D-Ne

As she listened to Ryouta talk about where the city came from though, she'd hum, tilting her head one way. "Was this city always in a cave? Or did it only end up in here after something happened?" She'd ask curiously, adding "And what happened to all the water out here, that the city was once submerged in?" Though the Lioness never really got any proper education, it seemed that she was raring to learn nonetheless - being filled with questions. "What was the city like when you guys first found it?"

Huh... So humans can help digimon evolve with those things? Ophelia had never seen a human-digimon duo until now - let alone a digivice of any sort - so this was all pretty new to her! And this device could do all that sort of stuff...?? Ophelia was visibly awed at the idea of a little handheld device being able to tell her stuff and let her talk to people - that all seemed like something beyond her wildest dreams, given the environment she grew up in..! Could she give something like this to her parents to talk to them wherever she goes...? If she was honest, she still hadn't adjusted to being on her own entirely, and maybe being able to reach out to them would be nice for that... "How does it all work?" She'd ask, peering down to the D-Nexus that Ryouta gave her - tilting it every which way, eyeballing it as though staring at it would help her figure out all the bells and whistles of the strange device in her hands.

As far as the geographical questions went though, Ophelia would be listening curiously to Ryouta's explanations. She didn't exactly know what he meant by some of the things he mentioned, like how a cave might be made of sediment - isn't that stuff like sand and silt? - but it all was still interesting! And there was an underground lake?? "I wanna check out the lake sometime!" She'd mention to Ryouta in an excited hue - having always heard of, but having never really seen any large bodies of water before. Or any significant bodies of water, really, given that she was up in the mountains - and it rarely ever warmed up enough for there to be any significant runoff, with how far into the mountains she lived.

"I mean... Don't digimon usually sorta break down into data, and either get loaded or reborn, anyways?" Ophelia would ask with the mention of corpses or skeletons - it didn't seem like it was that weird for there to not be any remains - she'd be even more concerned if there were remains! But, with the gesture towards the distant shrine-like building, she'd fall quiet with notable awe - everything else seemed to pale in comparison to the base, and the idea that it'd be her second home, it... Made her think a bit. What did it mean, if she had two homes?

Did that mean she was settling down elsewhere, besides home...?

...

Frankly, with all the explaining... Ophelia wasn't sure just how much she could process! She was pretty sure that she got the basics, though some of the more complicated things that Ryouta was explaining she was perhaps a little lost with - not that she'd readily admit it to him. She'd instead nod along as she tried to figure things out - experimenting with the little device in her hands herself, whilst trying to memorize anything that Ryouta said that made sense to her or was otherwise register-able at the time. This was all perhaps a bit much for the little lioness - a rather big jump from no technology, to suddenly this little advanced piece of tech in her hands! Even if it was, in the end, a smartphone - she didn't grow up in an environment where these things were commonplace, so it was almost jarring.

As far as the availability went though, Ophelia would tilt her head a little, and glance to Ryouta - asking "How does this thing know if I'm asleep or fighting someone...?" It being able to tell if they're not in the digital world made sense at least; but the other things seemed confusing to her. And maybe a little creepy - did she really want this thing to know what she was up to...? Why did it have to know whether she was available or not, couldn't she just reach out to someone once she was available?

With the prospect of being able to see the lake though, once everything was fortified enough, Ophelia would light up visibly, and nod excitedly - "Yeah! I'd love to explore the lake with you guys, once everything's ready!" This was something she would definitely be looking forward to - being able to explore with her friends, and maybe even other friends she might make in KIZNA, sounded exciting and fun!

Otherwise though, Ophelia would be quiet and contemplative - but nodded nonetheless - at the mention of some digimon leaving behind fossils, as well as the possibility that humans may have been here - though then came another question, "What kind of furniture would be only for humans to use?" She wondered out loud - glancing down at her phone and wondering if it would be able to tell her the answer to it, though supposing that Ryouta and Valt were right here - they could tell her! "Aren't some digimon kinda shaped n' sized like a human, even if they're not the same?" Her first thought of an example would be Strabimon - like Laertes. Both Laertes and Ryouta walked around on two feet n whatnot, though Laertes was smaller than Ryouta. And more stringbeany.

Ophelia would think over Ryouta's explanation - and the mention of Hikaru being called in the middle of the night - before nodding. Though, perhaps she'll stick to setting her D-Nexus manually? She wasn't sure, but it felt a little unsettling that the little device was 'watching' her - even if it was just keeping track of basic things like health and data in the area. "I guess that all makes sense," She would decide though; it certainly wouldn't be good or fun if this little thing drew attention or woke her up in the middle of the night! Everything else seemed super neato though - and she was eager to figure it all out with time.

She wasn't sure what an Alphamon was, either, but she guessed it was some big or weird form this Hikaru had? She wondered what and who Hikaru was, too, though it sounded like he was a KIZNA member, too! He sounded as though he might've been a more serious or no-nonsense type individual, at least going off of what the duo talked about. Either way though, she was pretty excited to meet everyone else in Ys/KIZNA, and get to know her new team; so she figured she'd learn more about Hikaru before long..!

Next though, was the talk of the furniture. She'd quirk her lips a little as she thought about why a digimon might need a can opener or a wheelchair - maybe for a digimon that's injured, or doesn't need claws? Though the clock was a bit more damning in evidence that there might've been humans in this city. Which then raised the question - "Did they leave, or break down into data or something?" She'd ask, gazing to the buildings they were passing by. "Maybe a big mean digimon scared everyone off, or the weather got super bad!"

Did the weather ever get that bad? She wasn't sure, but it did certainly get bad enough that even her mom would hole up in the den with them on a rare occasion.

"Huhm..." Ophelia would hum to herself at Ryouta admitting to not really knowing - and with the city being submerged... ".... Maybe they had some way to produce air around the city?" She'd suggest - even if she was unsure of how exactly people might accomplish that. It was sort of a given though, for humans to live her, "Unless these were like... Special humans who could breathe water!" Ophelia mentioned with a faint giggle, could humans digivolve into having gills, if given the right circumstances? It certainly was an interesting thought; even if humans were fragile, and even if they were from elsewhere, they had to grow in some way, right?

And it seemed like weather wouldn't really be the reason, either, unless it was maybe some sort of deepfreeze? Ophelia wasn't sure - but... Something had to have driven everyone out, right...? "... You're damn right about mysteries," Ophelia would remark with a laugh, tail swishing as she returned to Ryouta's side, and snuggled up to him - staring out the window as she did. "What do you guys think might've driven people out?"

... Hopefully they'd all be safe here, now, yeah? A faint concern occurred to Ophelia that, what might've driven the original civilians out, could possibly happen again - right? Though, then again, everyone here would probably also be figuring out how to keep the place safe - to not let whatever drove out the original civilians drive them out, too. She was sure they'd be okay, though the concern nonetheless did provoke thought for her.