"You can pick me up," Wormmon offers. He is so very, very okay with being examined if it means he gets anything close to a hug. Or being touched at all, really. Wormmon is a cuddler.

"Digimon remain mysterious," Ken summarizes. "But one thing's certain: Wormmon is alive. He's a living being."

And he will never, ever forget that about Digimon again.