While Mikey went to Leatherhead Leader made her way over to Duke, shifting close enough to him that she could talk in a low voice. "Sorry we took as long as we did... Mikey's not... as well as he's acting." She really wanted to ask how Duke himself was doing, but she didn't know if she could with Monodramon and Leormon both there, especially when she noticed that Leormon had followed her over to where the others were.

Mikey stayed where he was, just breathing slow and controlled for a little bit, not caring how long, before shifting so that he could bring a kiss to the bridge of Leatherhead's nose, soft and light. He felt tears welling up and tried to blink them away, not wanting to fall to crying right here, right now.