Abel and Kain
21.
Kain finally managed a Tanemon who seemed to have a normal growth rate, and it made such a difference. Within a few days, she was able to evolve it into a Palmon. She also found out from her friends that she shouldn't have been meeting Champion digimon so early in the game anyway. It was something to do with the data records on their devices. They only met digimon they could beat - unless, of course, they belonged to other Tamers.
In other words, exposure to wild digimon was tailored towards the strength of the digimon the Tamer carried. Data was contained in their digivices. Data that was accessible by the large mega-computer that housed the Digital World and all the digimon as well. The system they escaped because her custom made digivice wasn't hooked up to that system.
'So you're the only person in the world getting a taste of the real so-called utopia,' Kain grinned, when he told her. 'Perfect.'
'Perfect for you maybe,' said Tomomi sourly. She'd been a little freaked by the news. 'Lucky I was sticking to Data Forest for training. You know Steamy Jungle has a gigantic, Ultimate level spider. I could've been bug food so many times over.'
'We already knew that was a possibility,' said Kain carelessly. 'We also knew Data Forest didn't have any Ultimate digimon, and just the odd Ogremon, so it's not a problem.'
She had to accept that. Kain had told her to stick to Data Forest for her night training.
'By the way, I've got a second digimon for you.'
'Joy,' she said. 'It's going to be tricky to juggle them both.'
'Tamers are supposed to have three,' said Kain. He said "supposed to" as though he meant to crack that rule.