[quote=@sMoKe]
So, despite digimon being made of data, they still interact with physical objects, correct?  
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That would stand correct (unless I'm wrong).
In Digimon tamers it was used as a plot point (whether to make it clear that Digimon are still data in RW or just a way to not let them biomerge then to make their power level go down for the time)