While Zei was no genius, she could see how upset Lucas was at seeing her and why he would be so upset. She could hardly blame him; even a part of her thought that this was a very foolhardy idea at best. That said, though surprised at first, she didn't seem deterred, the Japanese woman no longer possessing the meek streak she used to have before meeting him and Lucas. "Dorumon was handling something. We simply acted on our own plan," she replied, her voice showing no hesitation or fear, not even towards Lucas. In fact, she sounded more defiant than anything as she looked straight at him for a short while before following him.
However, there was something unmistakably off about Zei. There was something faint in her, something fragile and already at its tipping point, that threatened to crack. It was still holding out for now, but it would only take a straw on the camel’s back to break it, the question being what that straw would be.
And then he told Leon to stay back with her without even asking her.
Lucas and Leon were her friends and allies. It's clear the former had the best intention in mind when telling the latter to watch over her, but the fact that he instantly pegged her as being weak and helpless didn't sit well for her. It never sat well for her in the past, but even moreso now after everything she had gone through. She knew well that she wouldn't be able to fight against a Digimon and she calmly acquiesced to that point, but then she remembered that both men had never actually seen her fight against any human, for that matter, and she quickly calmed down after putting everything into context and perspective. She thought of just subduing Leon to go after Lucas, but it was a last resort that she didn’t want to take.
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Dorugamon had always considered her luck to be somewhere down the drain. Even back before she met Zei, she had gone through so much danger that it no longer fazed her. Being in the Human World and then finding out that she was actually a proxy- a false identity- to another Digimon, a Royal Knight to boot, nearly made her resign to her status as a misfortune magnet. Even she found it surprising that she was still able to persevere, though she was left quite dour as a result.
Hovering and looking at MirageGaogamon, injured, but alive and would most likely pull through, she didn’t seem angry or upset. She believed that she could easily dodge that attack had he not chosen to take Beelzemon’s attack, but then she couldn’t guarantee Ranamon’s safety and, after putting that consideration into mind, Dorugamon found herself quite thankful for his intervention, that gratitude visible in her gaze. It did help that Mirage didn’t seem to be that upset about seeing them.
“We’ll live,” Dorugamon replied to his inquiry, her voice flat and tired and her tone somewhat dull. All she wanted to do was scout and then rejoin Zei, but things seemed to go south before she could open her mouth. At least Ranamon was with her and she was quickly on the ball with smoothing things between her and MirageGaogamon.
“What about you? That blast must’ve hurt,” the blue Digimon asked back, looking very much concerned for the former Knight’s well-being, then surveyed the damage and put two-and-two together. “So that explosion must’ve been Beelzemon, huh? Was he always this brash?”
“Don’t even get me started,” Dorugamon growled, sharing the same frustration the Mega had for him. At least she, Ranamon and Zei had the foresight to try and be stealthy, keyword being try.
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