After you healed your small team, it was time to look at he newest member. You left the Center and summoned both of them. While Annie the Heatguana stood there with a cold attitude, the Pudgy cowered before you, an expression of fear und curiosity showing on her face.
"Now, how should we call you?", you asked her, and she looked up, unsure about that. Really, your thoughts were on a loop here, but she was just such a wee cutie! "Annie, what do you say?"
"Fodder", she said with a grin, "Or Inhabitant of Box 1."
"Oh, I know", you just ignored the snappy-snapp, "How about ... Racer? You are a quick one, arenīt you?"
Pudgy look up to you with a puzzled expression. At least she slowly opend her posture and tried no longer to disappear into her feathercoat.
Annie frowned. "Racer? So I get a pure normal name, but she gets ... this?"
"She gets something cool, you mean?", you responded to her with a smile. "Are you jealous? - And are you happy with Racer?" You kneed in front of Racer and got your hands under her armpits, tickling her softly at first, and when she giggled, you tickled harder, and she bursted into laughing. "Are you happy? Are you happy?"
And then, she just blurted out: "YES! Yes, I am!"
Your tickling stopped by that. "You can talk!", you called out.
"What? Can she?", Annie asked, startled.
"Can I?", Racer responded, bewildered by the reaction. "I mean, of course? Oh wait, you understood that?"
It seemed, your Heatguana was not the special one. You were.
"I ... understand the voices of BeastMon?", you speculated a few moments later, after you all calmed down a bit. "But, I heard so far only you", you pointed at Annie, "and now you." Your Finger wandered to Racer. "And I couldnīt understand you at first, when we met. You didnīt just scream there, fighting my Heatguana?"
"No", Racer responded with heartfelt might, "I was singing the war songs of my people and waht a hero of this world I am!"
"it was quite an earful", Annie confirmed.
"Well", you said, "The more I can understand, the merrier, no? This is so cool!" You tickled Racer, once again, and she was rolling on the floor, screaming and laughing.
Annie just looked upon this. "I see nothing cool about this."
"You will!" You suddenly jumped at her, tickling away at her, and a moment later, she too rolled on the ground with you, doing her best of holding her laughter in. And she failed at last.
You felt like a babysitter. But how long would that stay this way?, a small voice in your head asked.
Well. There were still a few levels to gain.