Chapter 52

Izzy POV

I start to button up my shirt, after we both dried off from the hot springs. I glance over to Mimi as she is pulling her shirt over her head, oh my god I can't believe what just happen! I would have never thought Mimi actually like me or willing to do that with me… WHAT I'M I SUPPOSED TO DO NOW!? I never dated someone before, what I am meant to say after we had sex? Wait we are dating now… should I ask her out on a date now or would that look rude… My eyes dilate, will it be ruder if I don't ask her out on date… Now faced with the possible of hurting Mimi feeling I don't know what to do… I really do care for Mimi but I never thought in my life time I would ever date someone like her so I sort pushed those feeling out of mind and focus on other things… Well now that I force to focus on them, I have no idea what to do…

I then feel Mimi wrap her arms around me and whisper into my ear "Calm down Izzy, just take a deep breath for moment." I don't know what to do right now then other to listen to Mimi suggestion. I take a deep breath and try and calm down my mind about everything that just happen. Mimi then spins me and around starts finishing buttoning up my shirt where I left off, Mimi then casually says "So did you enjoy yourself Izzy?"

Wait is she talking… "YES!" I blurt out as I realize what Mimi was asking me, I really don't have to think about it that much to know the answer.

I then see Mimi smile as she finishes buttoning the last button and then she is straightening my shirt out while she says "Good, I enjoy myself too!" She then hums to herself for second before says "So then don't worry about it too much Izzy, if we both enjoy ourselves then there is no problem. Even if you really cute when your acting all fluster." My checks go red at her comment but as soon as she was finished talking she is also done straightening my shirt out and takes a step backwards to inspected me. She then puts her thumbs together and have index finger pointing toward the ceiling like she is using her hands as some sort of camera. She then smiles and says "Good, your looking all spick and span now! I don't think anyone will be able to tell, so how do I look? I know you already told me, I have nothing in my hair but I just want to double check."

I blink and then look over Mimi wet hair again to make sure she was able to wash everything out of her hair. I nervously try and say to the best of my ability "I can't find anything Mimi…" Mimi then smiles and lends over to me and kiss me on the check. "What was that for?" I blurt it out as I blink in surprises as Mimi is now giggling a bit.

"Well like I said you're really cute when fluster, so I just want to kiss you… Look I know our relationship might of start off with an explosive start… or two" She then winks at me and my check redden by the second before she continues "but we can define our own pace from here on out… So, if you want to slow down at all just say so…" As she finishes she doesn't sound like her usually cheerful self.

I sigh and when I realize that I might have hurt Mimi feeling, I then look at my feet as it easier to say this without looking at Mimi "Look Mimi, I really fine with you kissing me but I'm still trying to wrap my head around what we meant to do now… I honestly have no idea what to do now that were dating… I err… How do I put this…? I never thought anyone would be interested in me like this, I thought every girl would go after guys like Matt or Tai… So, I never really gave dating a thought… So, I'm worry about making mistake with you somehow and I will end up hurting your feeling…" I then look up to see that Mimi is smiling at me and then she hugs me.

"Well Izzy, I don't think you will have too much worry about then. Look what you just said to me show me that you really do care for me, almost everyone steps on their partner toes when they first learn to dance but that doesn't mean they are doing it on purpose. So how about we just relax for now and we work though this at our own pace, I don't want to overload that big brain of your now." As Mimi was done saying all this she sounds like she back to her cheerful self. What Mimi said I guess finally sunk in, and I return her hug as I do she snuggles her head into my shoulder. I really enjoy her dance method she used…

"Thanks Mimi I make sure to take you out for a date soon then… But I realize that we should probably find Baihumon so he can finish answering my question… Plus Tentomon and Palmon should be with him." As soon as I was finished saying that Mimi breaks free from the hug and nods at me.

"Your right… we did spend maybe a little too much time to ourselves but it good to know that you have plenty of stamina!" she winks as she says the last part and that only makes me blush… Mimi then raise her right hand as she tries to cover up her giggling from me and then says, "Izzy your way too easy to tease." Mimi then turns and starts walking towards the door. I'm briefly stun for moment from all of Mimi embarrassing comment but then I quickly catch up to Mimi before she gets too far ahead of me. I glance over to Mimi and as I see her hand swinging beside her body, should I try and hold hands with her… "Oh!" Mimi gasp as I grab her hand and then looks at me and smiles at me, she then moves in closer and rest her head on my shoulder before I can start debating if this was good move or not. Mimi then says, "This is nice…" as we now move into the hallway as she was saying this. She right it does feel nice being this close to her…

We walk in silence for a few minutes until we reach the main entrance that we arrive in, now Baihumon said that we just need head down the hallway that has the crest of knowledge above. I quickly spot it as there are only three more hallways in this room. I then say to Mimi "Look over there that the hallway we meant to go down to find Baihumon in the garden." I then use my free hand to point to the hallway that on the opposite side of the room from us.

Mimi then looks over to where I'm pointing and then cheerfully says "Good find Izzy!" We then start walking towards the hallway but as we do I start going over everything that Baihumon told me and comparing it to what Lucemon told me. While it true that the demon lords did at one point in time work with the original Digidestined before they were turn into the harmonious one and the demon lords were infected with the dark spore… There something that Baihumon said that bothering me, how would the cure for dark spore destroy the balance of the digital world… I stop for moment as we were about to walk past another weird fruit plant. This one is completely different from the one that has my crest on it, instead it looks like a cross between Cantaloupe and Banana but instead of being green with the crest of knowledge on it, its purple with the crest of sincerity. Mimi then turns her head at me and ask me "Izzy what the matter? Why did you suddenly stop like that?"

I then point towards the weird fruit plant that growing in the pot and say "It another weird fruit like in the other hallway but this one has your crest on instead… I just noticed it that all, I wonder what they do… Baihumon told us not to touch them, so they must do something…" I then let a big sigh and before saying "Well I guess I will just have to ask Baihumon when we get the chance to." We then continue to walk down the hallway until we reach a sliding door.

We then open the door but as we do we hear an exhausted long sigh coming from inside the room before we hear Baihumon speaking towards us "Finally you're here… These two wouldn't stop asking me why you two would need private time together… I figure I would let you two explain that one…"

As soon as Baihumon finished speaking I see Tentomon flying towards me while Palmon is running towards Mimi as Palmon is yelling "Mimi!" Mimi then let go of my hand as she gets ready to catch the incoming Palmon. As Palmon jumps into Mimi arms, she then asks Mimi "Mimi, where were you and why did you need private time with Izzy?" Palmon eyes start tearing up while she says the next part "Do you not like me? Why didn't you want to have private time with me?" I hear Mimi gulp before I start being bombard with question from Tentomon.

"Izzy, Baihumon told us that you wanted Private time with Mimi but I don't understand what you could have possible done that me and Palmon couldn't be present for?" I then start to blush as I realize that I going to have to go over human relationship with Tentomon again. I then hear Baihumon trying his best to quietly snicker at our current circumstance, I roll my eyes he clearly knows what we were doing but decided to let us tackle this current wasp nest of question instead.

Mimi was the first one to answer our partners question by saying "No Palmon, I love you of course I want you around Palmon… It just that Me and Izzy want to spend some time together…" Mimi then groans and rubs her temples with her fingers before saying "Look Palmon, I promised to full go over why me and Izzy need private time later when we alone… But promise me that you won't tell anyone, the other might be able to figure what you mean by private time and me and Izzy don't want the other to find out."

Mimi then looks at me and I nod my head at her and then tell Tentomon "Mimi right, I would also appreciate if you did the same Tentomon… She right I would rather not have the other finding out what we did… It has to do with human relationships Tentomon and that part of the reason why you couldn't be there…"

I then let out a big sigh when Tentomon nods his head and says "Don't worry, I promise Izzy. I sure you will explain everything later." I then look over to see that Palmon is still hugging Mimi but she no longer looks like she going to break out into tears anymore.

"Okay Mimi, I promise too! I was just worry about you!" As Palmon was saying this she buries her head in her shoulder. Mimi sighs and rubs Palmon back before I turn my attention back to Baihumon.

I then clear my throat as I see Baihumon is still trying to contain his snickering, I then ask him "Baihumon, I still have some more question I would like to ask, If that alright with you?"

Baihumon then stops snickering and then turns his head towards us and then nods his head at us while saying "You two did entertained me for quite a while, so I'll answer anymore question you two have. You two can have any fruit in here while I am answering your question since I already offer that to Tentomon and Palmon. So, Izzy what would you like to know?"

I then noticed that Tentomon is flying over to a tree when Baihumon offer us food and then I sigh, I can eat later so I might as well ask him my question now. "Well I was really wondering why you said that you couldn't cure the Dark spores or else it would destroy the balance of the digital world?" I then look to see that Palmon has drag Mimi over to bush to try and get her eat some fruit that she most likely already tried while waiting.

Baihumon then sigh and hums for bit before saying "Well what the best way to put this is, that I don't know… Homeostasis never told us the reason when we ask her about it… but I believe it has to do with the way that Yggdrasil was defeated, we simply couldn't delete him otherwise he would simple rewrite his programing and come back from the dead. If it means to cure the Dark Spores would bring back Yggdrasil then it better that a cure is never found… No matter who gets infected…" As Baihumon was finishing up I could hear the fear in his voice when he starts to mention Yggdrasil. I sigh I was hoping that if we could cure the dark spores for the demon lords that we could be able to help them but now it sounds like that won't be possible…

"Izzy here some food, you should try it! All of it is really good!" As I hear Tentomon saying this to side of me, I look over to him and see that he has bunch of fruit in his arms. "Plus, Baihumon said that you will need to eat something after you came back to refill your energy. Also knowing you, you might forget to eat if I don't remain you to!" As Tentomon said that I almost fell backwards at Tentomon comment, damn it Baihumon.

I sigh and reach for a fruit and say "Thank you Tentomon for going and getting me some food. I appreciate it." I grab this purple looking apple and take a bite out of it, he right this fruit is amazing. I shallow what I was eating then turn my attention back to Baihumon to ask him more question. "Baihumon do you think that there a chance that we could convince Demon Lords to stop attacking you and live in the digital world peacefully?"

I hear Baihumon let out a long sigh and shake his head when I was done asking that question. As I continue to eat this purple apple Baihumon then answer my question "No I don't think so with what I saw of the demon lords their personality are too far gone to what they were when we started our adventure. I hardly even recognize Barbamon it was only in hind sight that I realize who he once was… In order to not be completely driven mad by the dark spores they would have need to have a strong desire or purpose… If they were to give that up they would lose their minds completely in mere weeks or even days. Even while Lucemon would have moment of being his old self, his mind is completely gone from what I could tell. I fear that they are all on the brink of insanity and all they need is one good push before they become raging lunatic. So, no I don't think that you will be able to deal with then peacefully…" Baihumon mood doesn't look like it has changed at all, I thought he would have be sad to describe his old friends like he did.

I sigh and take the last bit of my apple, well this suck it looks like we going to have to battle the demon lords now. Wait a minute, I then blurt out "Ken was able to shake off the effect of the Dark Spore after he was defeated as the Digimon Emperor and return to a normal life! So, couldn't the demon lords also do that?"

As I look at Baihumon he just turns his head away and says "No, fortunately the dark spores affect human differently than it does digimon… Plus Ken only had the Dark spore in him for a few years, while the demon lords have not only had thousands of years to be infected by them but they also digivolved while the Dark spores were inside of them… That alone shouldn't have been possible but I believe they used the dark spore as a source of fuel to digivolve so it apart of them now, like the blood that flows through your bodies…"

I then hear Mimi shout "Well that not fair! So, your saying there nothing we can do other than kill them! Can't you send them somewhere nicer than the Dark Ocean!? Like Sunshine Rainbow land or something, by the sound of things they didn't deserved being sent to the dark ocean… That place is awful…" Well at least it looks like Mimi was paying attention to what Baihumon was saying.

As Baihumon was answering Mimi, I grab another fruit and start eating it. "The barrier between the digital world and the other worlds are finicky at best. The human world is the only one that we are constantly able to reach due to the way both our worlds depend on each other… The same can be said about the Dark Ocean that why we send digimon infected with the dark spores to Dark Ocean. The other worlds only occasionally come close enough to digital world that we could temporally open a portal to that world. There no way to know what each of those worlds have contain inside of them, so it better to make sure we don't open portal to random worlds and let something in that could destroy both the human world and digital world just for the shake of our friends." Baihumon is looking directly at Mimi when he said the last part very coldly towards her.

Mimi then gulps and says, "Well I was just asking that all, you don't have to sound like you're going to take my head off…" Mimi then start rubbing her thumbs together and looking away from Baihumon when she was answering Baihumon.

Baihumon then start chuckling at Mimi as he says "Sorry, I just need you to understand why we did what we had to do. Now Izzy is there anymore question you would like answer?"

I shallow the piece of fruit that I was chewing then, think about everything that Baihumon said about the demon lords. I can't think of anymore question about the demon lords right now, though I'm still curiosity about the pieces of fruit that have our crest on it and there the fact that Tai apparently used two crests... As I think over what I should ask first, I decided to go with the easier question first… I then clear my throat before asking my question, "No, I don't have any more question about the demon lords but I was wondering what those pieces of fruit do with our crest on them?"

Baihumon then lets out a small chuckle and then says "Well that good that I was able to answer all your question Izzy, I was worry you would keep asking me more and more question about them. Now those fruit that have your crest on them have the ability to heal the person that it partners with painless but it uses the life force of the other person. So, if Mimi was injured you would feed her a piece of the fruit of Knowledge and your lifeforce Izzy would be used to heal any injury that Mimi had. Though if you were to eat a piece of the fruit Knowledge then your body would try taking your own lifeforce to heal your own injuries, this would cause a feedback loop and it would lead to your death. We not meant to use these pieces of fruit unless instructed by Homeostasis herself, since depending on the injuries it might kill the power supply even if they weren't close to death. If we just hand these out there a good chance that at least one of you or both of you would die from the injuries, that I risk I wouldn't be able to make for chance to save one of you. There is a fruit for each of you second generation Digidestined guarded by each guardian of your crest, I suggested that if you come cross any of them is not to eat them as I find them too much of gamble but never the less they exist." Baihumon then stops for moment and looks confused for a second as he has this slight white glow to him that I only was able to catch for a second but then continues with "Well now that I have answer all of your question, I think you should be getting back to your friends soon. That is as soon as your finished eating that is, now if you excuse me I want to go have nice long sleep."

As Baihumon was beginning to stand up, I quickly shout "Wait, I just have a few more question! TK and Kari both said they saw Tai using the crest of love during his first battle with Beelzebumon. I was wondering if it possible to use other crest then ones we were given and if you know how Tai was able to use a different crest?"

I shiver as Baihumon is now glaring at me as he is standing up, he briefly glows white again for moment this it was bitter longer but it fades just as quickly as it came. "I'm sorry but I'm very tired right now but I have been thinking about what happen at that battle. Unfortunately, only Zhuqiaomon would know exactly what happen to Tai, and I don't recommend that you go talk to her. I would avoid meeting her at all cost, she always been known to be very vocally of her distaste for you. From my limited knowledge that I have gather your crest were based on your strongest traits but that doesn't mean you lack the other traits… For example, your friend have come to rely on your computer knowledge and they feel like they can always depend on you, you might of have gotten the crest of reliability if your curiosity for knowledge wasn't stronger." Baihumon then starts walking towards the door now, as he walking he quickly adds "For your own sakes no more question."

With that passing me I bow and say, "Thank you for your time Baihumon and I'm very grateful that you answer all of our question." Baihumon stops to look at me and nod his head but doesn't say anything more as he walks out the door. As the door closes behind Baihumon I noticed a white glow coming from under the door, it fades as I hear Baihumon walking away.

I wonder what he meant by that last comment before I'm able to really start thinking about it Tentomon then pulls at my pant leg as I begin to look down Tentomon says "Izzy is now a good time to explain what you and Mimi meant by private time?"

As I was about to answer I hear Palmon happily shout "Yes can you please, this has been bother me since Baihumon mentioned it!" as I look over to Mimi, we both sigh at the same time and then nod at each other. It not like we are going to have a better time to explain all this to them and the longer the we put this off the more likely they will accidently spill the beans to the other. We might as well go over this while we are eating food…

Tai POV

As I'm running down this staircase downwards, I know I can't let anything happen to her, not again. I look beside to see that WarGreymon is watching our back in case of a surprise attack on us. I then look ahead to see that we almost have reach the bottom of the staircase as I can see light coming from the room. As I run into the room I quickly look around to see if I can see her, if not then I must keep searching. That when I see Sora is wearing a red dress as she tied down to floor with big heavy steel chains, in that moment I hear Sora shout at me "Tai, help me before she come back!"

My feet are already move before my brain has the chance to progress what Sora said to me. As I now kneeing beside Sora I tell her "It okay Sora, I'm here now. I promise you that everything is going to be alright." I then try to find a way to get the chain off of her ankle, I can't find lock or anything on the chain. I shout "WarGreymon! I need you to come over here and break the chain!"

As WarGreymon quickly moves over to us and is now standing over top of the chain that keeping Sora pin to the ground. As WarGreymon is now lift his right gauntlet above his head, I hear Izzy shout "Tai did you find her?" I quickly turn around to see that Izzy, Tentomon, Kari and Gatomon are standing by the door.

I then hear a smashing sound as I hear WarGreymon breaking the chains around Sora's ankle. As I was about to turn around to hug Sora, I then hear WarGreymon coughing and that when I feel something wet land on my back as I face WarGreymon I hear him weakly say "TAI…. I'M…. SOR…. RY!" He then falls to his knee, his eyes that are normally a golden colour is now completely blanks and hallow. His Body is quickly disintegrating and his data is flowing out of his chest wound. It started at his feet and work it ways up his body until only his helmet is left.

All that left of WarGreymon is now is helmet once his data stop disintegrating, it falls to ground with a load clanking noise as it lands upside down, with all three horns now touching the ground. That when I notice Sora, she is swaying back and forth with her left hand over her mouth as she is giggling while her right hand is this golden claw thing from the elbow down. She still giggles and giving me, her smile that I grow to love all these year she says, "I never Love you, No could ever love you!"

Then in an instance she transforms into Lilithmon and then rushes past me as I can't move my body, I then hear Kari scream and I'm now able to turn my head towards the staircase, my eyes go wide as I see that Tentomon and Gatomon are both being deleted and that Izzy has a hole in his chest as he start to turn into horrible brown colour. Lilithmon has grip Kari hair with her left hand and is now holding her off the ground, Kari shouts "Tai!" but she then stops screaming as she now hanging limply in Lilithmon hand as a golden nail in sticking though her chest as her body is starting to turn this horrible brown colour.

I then see Izzy disintegrating into ashes right in front of my eyes, NO this can't be happening! Lilithmon then start to howl with laugh as she retracts her golden nail from Kari chest and then throws Kari limp body to side of her, as her body hit the floor it explodes into a cloud of ashes. I then scream "NOOOOOOOO!" as I stretch out my hand towards where Kari and Izzy were just standing moment before.

Lilithmon start to calm down with her laughter as she slow approaches me while she was saying "Ah, I wonder how more time you will fall for that trick. You are really a worthless sniveling coward, you couldn't even save your friends that were right beside you! What made you think you could save Sora!" Lilithmon is now standing right over top me, I want to move backwards but I can't. Lilithmon then start to lend over as she put her left hand on my shoulder and then whisper into my ear "You know as soon as I told Sora I was going to rape her because of her relationship to you, she quickly told me that she was only dating you out of pity." My eyes go wide, no she has to be lying… Sora wouldn't do that… Lilithmon then smiles before she whispers into my ear again "It felt so good to be proven right, you should have seen her face as I rape her any away. Well since I got you as my new sex slave, I'll give you a present. We can go watch Sora as she currently being rape by several Dark Tyranomon, who knows if your good I might even let the two of you play together!"

Lilithmon then start to drag me across the floor towards where she must be keeping Sora. I feel my heart pumping back and forth so fast it feels like it going to explode any second. This can't be real, this can't be real. I try and scream something but nothing is able to leave my mouth, why can't I move my body and get away from her! I close my eyes and then when I open them I sit bolt upright and shout "None of this is real!" I'm sitting in some sort of stone hallway from what I can tell, where am I?' I start breathing heavy through my nose as my heart is beating as if I just finished running fifty-kilometer race.

I then feel some grab me from my side as it pulls me into a hug from my right side and I jump at it touch but then I hear Sora calmly say "Tai, it was just nightmare. Just relax and listen to my voice, whatever you just saw wasn't real." As I'm listening to Sora voice I can feel her hand rubbing my back, I feel calmer and my breathing and heart rate is slowing down a bit. I then hear Sora ask me "Tai, was it the same nightmare as before?" I gulp and just shake my head without looking at Sora, I try and say something about the nightmare but I'm not able to say anything. I then hear Sora calmly ask me "Do you want to talk about it?" I just nod my head at her and then I look down and see that we are both cover with a blanket from my house. As I lend backwards my back hit the wall before I was able to fully lay down, that when I hear Sora sigh before saying "Tai, don't rush it… Just tell me when you're ready, take as long as you need."

It now my turn to sigh and nod at her but as I do I see out of the corner of my eye Davis, who is currently sliding sideways across the end of the corridor shouting "Is everything okay!? I hear a scream, is Zhuqiaomon trying to kill you guys again?" Right, it must be Davis turn to keep watch for the night. While I'm glad he is taking this serious I really don't want him to find out that I been having nightmares… I really don't want anyone to know…

I then hear Sora groan before she says to Davis "No, Davis everything is fine and I already told you for the seventh time already that we don't think Zhuqiaomon would do that so stop thinking like that! You can go back to guard the front door." I see Davis nodding his head and then start walking back from where he just came from.

As soon as I believe that he out of ear shoot I try speaking to Sora about my nightmare "This one felt so real, it was horrible… I was trying to look for you Sor, I don't know what happen but I knew that I need to find you." I take a deep breath to try and calm my nerves down, then I continue "It was just me and WarGreymon in the begin, then we found you chain up to the floor or so I thought. I then order WarGreymon to break the chains but as he did Izzy, Tentomon, Kari and Gatomon enter the room…"

I stop as the image of death of WarGreymon, Tentomon, Gatomon, Izzy and Kari reply in my mind as my body is shaking. Sora pulls me into a tight hug and quietly whispers "It okay Tai, none of that happen… None of that happen…"

I take another deep breath and I stop shaking "Thanks Sor, I now know that it didn't happen but it felt so real…" As I was saying this, I see Sora smile at me then lossen her hug around me. As I was continuing to tell her about the nightmare she starts holding my hand as she lends into my shoulder "I saw WarGreymon died again, it turns out that it was Lilithmon who was chain up the ground. Right after she said that I never Love you, No could ever love you she rushes past me and… and kill Tentomon and Gatomon. She stabbed Izzy through the crest as he was turning this horrible brown colour just like… just like WarGreymon before she grabs Kari by her hair and lift her off the ground. Kari was screaming at me but then Lilithmon stab right through the chest and then she… and then she went limb… Izzy then turn into a cloud of ashes as Lilithmon retracted her claw, and then… and then threw Kari body against the ground… When she hit the ground, her body explode into a cloud of ashes… I thought they were really dead… That when Lilithmon started taunting me, about falling for the same trick and how could I save you when I couldn't save my friends right in front me… She then told me You know as soon as I told Sora I was going to rape her because of her relationship to you, she quickly told that she was only dating you out of pity." I quickly look at Sora before saying "I know that not true Sora but I guess I let her words get to me…"

As I trail off I look away from Sora and stare at the ground to my left, I then feel Sora letting go of hand and then a few moment later I feel her hand gently grab my chin and makes me turn and face her. As Sora is looking right into my eyes, she has this determined look on her face when she speaking to me "Tai, Listen to me. I'm not dating you out of pity or anything close to that. I really do want to be with you… Look I know how Lilithmon can get inside your head and play games… She will say things that will cause you to doubt yourself or aggravate you into make a mistake… So, we can't listen to what she says, Tai I really do love you for who you are… You have nothing to worry about okay."

As Sora finished, I relax a bit and let some of tension that I was holding in go as Sora see this she gives me her loving smile. I let out a big long sigh before saying "Thanks for being here Sor… You really help me calm down… I really do love you as well, I don't want you thinking otherwise just because of some bad nightmares…"

Sora lends in and places her head back onto my shoulder as she pulls me into a hug she whispers "Tai, I will always be here for you when you need me… I wish you didn't have these nightmares but until they stop happening, I'll do anything to push them out of your mind and the best part is that I know you would do the same thing for me." I couldn't help but smile now at what Sora was saying, I'm really glad that I'm able to have her at my side like this. "So, what do you want to talk about until you're ready to go back to sleep?"

I let out a small laugh as I realize that if Davis is on shift that means that it close to midnight, I then smile before saying "Well then how about a trip down memory lane?"

I feel Sora nod her head in my shoulder while saying "I think that sounds like a wonderful idea Tai…"