While Zurumon hopped along without a care in the world, Mana followed behind, fighting the urge to run and find a human stranger to help her out. Zurumon didn't seem intent on harming her, but she was having a little trouble trusting the yellow blob with giant, red eyes of doom. At least it was... talkative?

It was blabbering on about a 'Digivice', which was also the thing Mana had found before finding herself in this strange jungle. The item had somehow relocated to her pocket in the meantime, and she was now staring at it quizzically, stumbling over random roots while Zurumon talked about 'Digivolution' and 'Digitude' and 'Digiwhatever'.
"So, to summarise, that digidoodad lets grow bigger, faster, stronger and more handsome," Zurumon concluded cheerfully, "which is where you come on!"

"Come in how?" Mana asked, trying to find some way to make this Digivice function."

"Well, you need to make those digivolutions happen!" the yellow monster pointed out, "so the sooner you can do that, the bet-"

A rustling sound was heard by the duo, making the two freeze. Mana's heart started to quicken its pace, fearing a more hostile monster was on its way, "...wh-what's there?"

Zurumon narrowed its eyes, trying to listen in. There... didn't seem to be heavy footsteps, and there were voices. Two?
Mana crouched beside the little monster, wondering if it was going to be of any use in a battle or anything. Truth be told, she could probably hurt something far more than it.
"Doesn't sound like an enemy..." Zurumon whispered, "But just in case, stay quiet and still..."

Mana simply nodded once, trying to suppress her trembling. Fighting hostile monsters in a strange land was not a thing she wanted to be a part of at the moment, and despite her misgivings, her best bet was to trust Zurumon.
The source of the voices revealed themselves at last, and it was... a boy with red, spiky hair. Before Mana could question this, Zurumon suddenly announced their presence, yelling, "Comrades! Sweet, we're safe!"

Wordlessly, Mana slowly rose to her feet, looking between the boy and his... associate, some weird living fireball. Huh.
"...I can't help but feel like he's way better defended," Mana muttered with a tinge of jealousy, before clearing her friend and saying, "Hey, um... by any chance, you didn't happen to wake up here, did you? Because I want to know why I'm here."