For 439 - pairing: Takumi/Sayo
37. Based
They are all data.
"Where's your body?"
"Huh?"
Sayo seems utterly relaxed next to him, flat on her back on the data cubes of Kowloon. She's usually prickly as a pear. "Your body. Mirei said you had to leave your body behind to travel between worlds."
"Oh. I live in the digital world." She shrugs. "So I'm here as myself."
Takumi squints. "what's that like?"
She rolls to look at him. She looks lax and content, comfortable in her skin in a way he could never imitate. "Like this but brighter. Harder sometimes but worth it. Very worth it. More digimon, more people. Wilder."
She smiles a bit. "Maybe someday I could show you. There have to be cases for a weirdo like you to solve."
"Maybe." It sounds nice, a world far away from here. "You'd protect me too, yeah?"
"You're too bony to be food, so obviously."
Takumi laughs and breathes a bit easier.