Tai POV
"Tai Kamiya?"
He was finding the fact that the whispering voices kept putting him to sleep to talk to him rather annoying. The worst part was that he was actually already becoming accustomed to it. However, despite their disturbing presence he was looking forward to having a little chat with them.
"You! What is your deal? I thought you were going to help us? You realise our D-terminals have stopped working!" He bellowed
"Our power is weaker in this world Tai Kamiya. We can try but Lord of Darkness extinguishes the power of light like the flame of a candle"
He knew this just like he knew the way he was treating everyone who tried to help was unfair. He wasn't usually this bad but every moment was getting harder. He was honestly trying not to show weakness but it was hard. His courage was fading.
"Hush! Tai Kamiya! You were given the crest of courage and position of leader for a reason. Courage is not about charging recklessly into a situation with no thought to the consquences. It is fools who do that. Courage is about not giving up even when you are afraid. You care and will go to any lengths to protect people you care about, that is why you have the crest of courage and were given position as leader"
He let the words sink into his head. Worrying hadn't turned him weak, it had just shown that he cared. Courage wasn't just about fighting, that was a quality that evil harboured. If there was one thing Tai refused to be it was evil. He just had to keep holding on.
"Is he ok?" Tai murmured
"He succeeded in reaching leafmon's captor, syphnxmon" they answered
"Oh. What does that mean?" he asked tentatively
"Syphnxmon is one of the legendary digimon with great power. She has no loyalty to any side. Travellers who meet her are obligated to answer her riddles" they explained
"And if they can't?" he gulped
"She attacks"
Davis wasn't very good with riddles. Tai didn't know if veemon was currently with him but even if he was, Tai strongly doubted the digimon would be much use. Syphnxmon sounded ominous and if she didn't support either side then she was a danger. Although, that didn't explain why she had agreed to hold leafmon prisoner.
"She appears to get a satisfaction from puzzles and intellect" the voices answered his unasked question
"Just keep an eye on him and let me know if anything goes wrong"