[center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/449846710840066048/700276520194670612/SOGOOD.png[/img][/center] Collab with [@Zelosse] Having only met Taiji when the boy was much younger in the darkness of Taiji's collapsed home and partially thanks to mild data loss from having been reborn after the Yokai Incident, Gil did not immediately recognize Taiji. But seeing the other digimon pair off with the other humans, Gil noticed the look of terror in Taiji's face, not realizing that Gil was the source of Taiji's terror. He didn't like the idea of the boy being alone and terrified, so he offered some assurance, [color=ffff00]"Welp, looks like we're partners, kid. [i]It's alright, it's okay[/i]. I know you're confused, but don't worry, while you're here, you can leave everything up to me until we figure this all out!"[/color] [i]its alright, its ok![/i] Those words! The holy mantra of Ogata Taiji given unto him by the storyteller, they who had spoken in the darkness until the light had come! This was Gilgamesh wasn't it?! The being who had saved him from the collapse and vanished into motes of light as Taiji had been pulled from the rubble. "Pa-partners? Like- you and me are teammates? Who the fuck just decides this kind of thing! Where the hell are we, who are you, what are you, THIS IS- Fuck, fuck fuck fuck, no, no! I'm hallucinating! This isn't real!" Taiji's hands shook as he reached for the medicine in his coat pocket, fumbling the cap open to a mild sedative type pill he took as his heart began beating rapidly. Confronted with a ghost too real and a place too strange he was on the verge of quite likely the biggest panic attack of his life! The fistful of pills in his hands was also an overabundance! Taking that many... might be fatal. This wasn't going well, instead of calming Taiji down, Gil had somehow only exacerbated the situation. [color=ffff00]"Woah there, kid, now's not the time for candy!"[/color] Gil said completely unaware of the implications of drugs and the possibility of a fatal overdose. But Wisemon's appearance caused Gil to turn around and face the much more powerful digimon and listen to it's accusations. Though Gil was ready to defend everyone behind him with his life, he knew he was outclassed, and that little trepidation in his heart caused him to apprehensively take a step back, resulting in him bumping into Taiji's shins and causing Taiji to scatter his pills on the ground. "Wh- HEY! I NEED THESE!" Taiji's pills were life and death, in a sense. life meaning the continuation of existence without being overwhelmed and death because taking that many can and would have likely killed him. The only thing stopping them from taking those pills off the ground was the approach of Wisemon and a mild germophobia. The accusations and the strange speech of the larger monster had Taiji on the ropes mentally, heightened heartbeat, sweaty palms, and knuckles turned white from clenching so hard. There were far too many things happening with each and every thing here only making his sensitive mood swing wildly from one extreme to the other. To be accused of theft and threatened for it was the last straw. "WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!" [color=ffff00]"Oh! Sorry about that. I'll help you gather them later. We have some bigger problems to deal with right now,"[/color] Gil apologized. But when Taiji lashed out, Gil hoped that exuding calm would soothe the riled up boy. [color=ffff00]"I think he's the owner of this library,"[/color] Gil added unhelpfully, then empathized with Wisemon, [color=ffff00]"If I found strangers in my home, I'd be pretty ornery too. But I think the Renamon is right."[/color] He gestured with his head to the humanoid fox digimon before continuing, [color=ffff00]"I think a majority should go look for this book of his, while a minority should remain and hold him off. I volunteer to stand my ground."[/color] With that, Gil turned his attention back to Wisemon, and widened his stance for stability. He had died once defending someone, he could do it again. Sure, he had just recently gotten strong enough to attain his Armadimon digivolution again, and it sucked to have to lose all that progress and growth all over again, but what was the point of living, if not to live by one's own code?