"Must be an reflection of the light." Silver said. Oh, no. I-we-were thinking about that last fight at home and started to automatically change, didn't we? I can't let that happen again. Huh? That Izzy kid is looking at me strangely. He's obviously very intelligent. I hope he doesn't figure out my secret too soon.
Izzy stared at Silver. She made an excuse for what Sora saw rather quickly, and now she seems to be mentally kicking herself. I wonder what the real reason she was chosen is, and why she didn't tell us.
Several hours later, it began to get dark. Izzy stopped at a small clearing, unable to read his computer's signal. Tai and Sora started to set up camp, while the Digimon began to gather firewood and food.
"Great, we have firewood, but no way to light the fire." Tai pointed out. Silver shrugged after a minute. "I got it covered."
She pulled a pack of matches from her pocket and lit the firewood. It blazed up quickly, and they proceeded to cook what food they had. Silver caught Izzy staring at her again. She turned away and busied herself preparing her food.
I know that she didn't use those matches to start that fire. No matches could have caught sticks those size on fire that easily. Also, the flame didn't seem to be coming from the match itself. Izzy tried to ponder this out, but was just too tired to do so. He and his friends shortly fell asleep, with the exception of Silver. She stayed up to stand guard, and to think. I may as well go ahead and tell them. That genius is already beginning to distrust me, and I can't protect them if they don't trust me. But can they understand? I barely do and I've been-
Her thoughts were cut short by the sound of branches breaking behind her. She turned quickly. There stood Izzy. "I don't know what the deal is, but you have to tell us. I know you haven't told us the whole truth and I want to know why."
"I…We were thinking about telling you anyway." Silver answered.
"We? Do you have multiple personalities or something?"
"No. I am…it is…we are symbiotes. We are the same, and yet not. Each of us has retained our own individual consciousness, but we share thoughts as well. I don't know why she selected me as her partner, but now I wouldn't have it any other way. Based on images in the human's mind, I formed a weapon out of myself that could be used to fight the forces of evil in her area. My natural form is a blob of silvery metal. What I was before the Joining was a semi-intelligent symbiotic isotope of the element tritanium."
"Tritanium? I have heard of no such element." Izzy commented. When they speak at the same time, they refer to themselves as we. But both are able to speak separately as well, and there is no noticeable difference in vocal patterns when they shift between the individuals. I had to think about it when the shift occurred.
"It does not exist on Earth. It is similar to titanium, which I'm sure you are familiar with. However, tritanium, as the name suggests, is three times as strong and has three times the heat tolerance. It has only half the weight, does not conduct electricity and is not magnetic. There are several advantages to having a symbiote; one, we are never alone; two, my symbiote allows me to breathe any atmosphere; three, while we are together our minds cannot be read; fourth, as a weapon no one else can use it. From my imagination, it has several gadgets that are just too cool, is regenerative, allows me to heal more quickly and any energy attacks used against me are used to provide power to the gadgets."
"May I ask, which mentality is dominant, or more used? Or are you equal at all times?"
"During normal functions, such as school, the human mentality is used for speech. Occasionally, the other must speak, but we are always equal; it is merely speech patterns that fluctuate."
"Why didn't you simply tell us to begin with?" Izzy asked, somewhat hurt by the lack of trust.
"Because in our dream we felt that the enemy we face is extremely powerful, possibly capable of reading minds. While this does not affect us, Myotismon could still have read your mind or Tai's or Sora's or the Digimon's and that would have greatly reduced the element of surprise. However, we now feel that it will not matter in the outcome of the battle. We-I-suppose that the others should know about my secret."
"You have resumed speaking with the human mentality. Why?"
"Actually, we find that when dealing with humans, it discomforts them when we refer to our duality. It is also easier for us to maintain the illusion at other times if we continue to use a singular pronoun."
"Interesting. I suggest you allow me to inform the others. I will be able to phrase it in a manner they will be more likely to understand, and less likely to reject."
"Thank you. This will make it much easier on me. It was difficult enough explaining to you. No offense, but the few people I have been forced to tell did not react in an encouraging manner."
I wonder who she had to tell. Actually, for once, I'm more tired than curious. I should probably go back to sleep. "I suppose I should go get some sleep."
"Yes, I believe that would be wise. Good night." Silver turned back to her watch position.
This has been interesting. I hope nothing else equally so happens. Silver continued to stand guard for the rest of the night. Fortunately, nothing more than the spotting of some nocturnal Digimon on the hunt occurred. Tentomon buzzed to her in the morning. "We're ready."