When the commotion began with the goggles person, Aaric quickly turned his head towards the direction of the yelling. The sudden appearance of the small dragon creature made Aaric blink once. Then more strange beings began to appear out of nowhere. He began to think.

	[color=FAEBD7][i]“This is supposed to be the place where I start screaming, right?”[/i][/color] Though, Aaric’s face betrayed no shock. He was simply unsurprised of the sudden drop-ins. What really shocked Aaric more was his lack of shock on his part! It wasn’t that often that Aaric evaluated his own feelings, but this occasion was an exception.

	[color=FAEBD7][i]“Why wasn’t I shocked by these creatures? Have I read something in the books that depicted such creatures?”[/i][/color] Aaric combed through his established knowledge. Nothing but generic sketches and illustrations of dragons and generic monsters appeared in Aaric’s mind. However, despite not having anything, Aaric knew that he saw them somewhere. There had to be a reason to why he wasn’t entirely surprised by the appearances. He was looking in the wrong place. Within his mind, what Aaric was looking for was not in the deep trenches of his mind but on the surface where he barely took time to look. As he began to ascend from the depths, he saw it.

	[color=FAEBD7][b]“It was that book!”[/b][/color] Aaric spoke aloud.

	[color=F0FFFF][b]“Sure was, left a pretty hard hit on my head, you know that, right-[i]gya[/i]?”[/b][/color] A voice questioned Aaric from behind him. Curious, Aaric turned around. It was a small pink spheroid with what looked like bunny-ears which held a book atop its head. [color=F0FFFF][b]“Caused me to de-digivolve since the hit was that hard-[i]gya[/i].”[/b][/color] Aaric jumped slightly. Never had he seen in either his recent or older knowledge a talking pink head. 

	[color=FAEBD7][b]“Who-who are you?”[/b][/color] Aaric asked. Aaric leaned closer to get a closer look on the pink thing. [color=FAEBD7][b]“A-and, what are you?”[/b][/color] 

	[color=F0FFFF][b]“I’m your partner and a digimon, a Koromon to be exact-[i]gya[/i]. You aren’t that observant of other digimon, aren’t you-[i]gya[/i]?”[/b][/color] Aaric could only stand there with incredulity. 

	[color=FAEBD7][b]“Partner?”[/b][/color] Aaric asked. He paused for a second in an attempt to recollect himself, wafting at the air with his hands as if there was a haze of misunderstanding. [color=FAEBD7][b]“Partner."[/b][/color] Aaric rearticulated as he raised his eyebrows. 
	
	[color=F0FFFF][b]“Yep-[i]gya[/i].”[/b][/color]

	[color=FAEBD7][b]"D-d-do you have a name?”[/b][/color] Aaric stuttered as he leaned one ear closer towards the koromon.

	[color=F0FFFF][b]“Of course! It’s Hakase, at your service-[i]gya[/i].”[/b][/color] the pink head said while doing a slight bow. Aaric could only stare at Hakase with an incredulous look as the library within Aaric’s mind attempted to categorize new information.