"How?"
This was the Kaiser. The boy who had thought himself Chosen over all, and hadn't been wrong, but also hadn't been right. Standing here, it occurs to all of them, even to Miyako above them, that he has no idea of what it meant, or maybe never had.
Well, none of them really did once you laid it out. Not even Takeru and Hikari, and they had been doing this for so long.
"No idea," Takeru finally says, and he's smiling and he doesn't know why but it feels rather good tobe honest. "We didn't get this far on skill. We got this far on courage and hope and faith and all of those things that we got picked for. We have ideas sometimes, sure, but right now," He gestures to the monster over their heads and the Digimon struggling to their feet. "All we have is that Patamon is dangerous and we need..." He swallows. "We need to make sure he can't cause more damage than he is to this world, any world." He looks around as if just realizing where they are. "Hikari-chan..." he turns to her. "Why are we here?"
'Because she offered me an interesting spectacle, boy.' The voice booms in their heads and is still a whisper. His mind could not fathom it. 'This place is a settlement for the desires of the heart. As she is learning. As perhaps you will someday come to grasp. If we live through another millennial specter.'
Hikari nods her acquiescence. He looks at her and thinks of Vamdemon and how defiant she had. Instantly defiant when he had faced his demon and shown fear. Not for the first time, he wonders how she can say she isn't brave?
"Ichijouji-kun," she says softly. "Trust us. And we'll trust you."