Mikey waits for Strabimon to recognize the teasing joke, but when he does he offers a smile to the digimon. "I understand. I mean, I don't know what happened, but things have been hard for everyone lately. It can be hard to do things, even normal things, when everything gets all messed up like this."

He couldn't help but think of his own issues and how hard it was right now for him, even after healing a lot. Kovu probably needed a lot right now, if something just recently happened to him.

Thinking past that he unwrapped the present, smiling at the gift when he opened it. It was orange which was a perfect color for him. He put it on with a smile, tugging lightly at the little puffballs on it. "A hat! A turtle can never have too many. Tell him I say thank you, and that I really like the present, please?"