The Digimon appears to wilt into himself, features falling even more. Paw remaining at his mouth, Culumon looked confused between the two humans. Koushirou hadn't said humans could come in broken!

"Culumon's a Digimon Digimon!" he finally chirped happily, "you're in the Digital World!" Avoiding the subject totally works, right?

Well, momentarily, anyway, as he continues on, "Culumon's never seen a broken human before," he considered, pausing briefly, "can you still play, culu?"