ooc: had laptop problem. now i have net problem...with just my laptop. posting in ipad

visibility decreased as they went on. light became thinner deeper inside the cave. it wasn't completely holed up as there were several cracks in the ceiling to let enough light for them to still see. the waterfalls weren't that far. ronin and strabimon had gotten there because the alternative appeared to be more dangerous. an intersection met them ahead and ronin went for the left. the other path lingered with something more forebidding. it was harder to see what might have been up ahead there.

he didn't turn around when he had been addressed. he kept looking forward as if the twisting depths of semi-darkness was more interesting than a girl.

"not really," he said. whoo, two words. that was an improvement.

strabimon was quick to jump back in theconversation. he was glad to discuss things further in order to make up for the earlier tension. though he still didn't fully comprehend what had happened, strabimon thought it was best they moved on.

"i've fought coelamon before. it was the first adult digimon i have fought. not here though - it was quite a long time ago." strabimon looked like he had a story to tell. he was going to foil chevko's plan to have ronin do the talking. "it was in shell beach. perhaps that's where you've fought yours too? it caught us quite by surprise. i was unprepared and lost badly." strabimon looked down, rubbing the back of his head subtly. he finished the line in his usual as-a-matter-of-fact tone but his sheepish smile made it clear his own admission made him feel a bit ashamed. "there might be coelamon ahead. did you win yours?"