Science isn't exactly her expertise either but Mimi likes seeing things and experiencing what the world has to offer her, if nothing else. And she's much smarter than most people give her credit for. She's glad Taichi agreed to go with her -- it would have been lonely to go by herself. She's never been great at being alone.

Nor was she great at thinking before speaking. She didn't even pause to consider what memories it might bring up for him.

"I feel that way sometimes when I see cacti now."

It's hard not to think of Togemon. To expect them to become suddenly sentient, somehow.