you live an endless life forever
[ For Shadow, as far as he'd met, there were two Sonics that he trusted more implicitly than the rest. Implicit trust did not come easily for the black hedgehog, and trusting enough to tell another some of his past, though mild, was more trust than he'd give anyone casually. One Sonic he met while in Johto, who he was able to share some of his
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Thus Sonic found himself in the library, and coincidentally and not to his surprise, also found Shadow there. His darker counterpart looked pensive, and of course it had made the blue hedgehog that much more curious as to why.]
... Hey. You okay? What's up?
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[Whenever he spoke with Shadow, Sonic always seemed to become even more curious about him. When did he ever have a chance to speak with him like this? Is that what the black hedgehog meant by studying, that in turn, Sonic could also study him? He looked back at his darker counterpart unflinchingly, but his eyes might have betrayed him, ever so slightly revealing some deep-seated concern.]
Heh, go for it! I toldja before though that what you see is what you get! But I do wanna ask: Just... how much time do you have?
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Here it is.
[ Slowly, he takes out the selection and hands it to Sonic. ] It's on compact disk, but I'm sure you can transfer the data as needed.
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Thanks. I probably will, it's way easier to have it on an MP3 player or somethin' like that...
[Sonic decided that it was probably best to go back to looking at the disc. It was better than the alternative and bringing it the subject again. All that talk about being the Ultimate Life form, was all that talk about immortality for real? And if Shadow had said on several occasions that the blue hedgehog might be the one instead?
No, it probably wasn't true. Sonic never liked to think about his own mortality since he strongly held onto the belief that he was invincible and had to exude that belief to others. He shook his head and pushed those thoughts away and started to browse the rest of the selections.]
Hey, help me find another one! There's gotta be somethin' around here that should be just as cool!
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You understand how the program works now, don't you? You can find more audiobooks this way. You won't have to memorize how the system for finding books works either, this way.
[ Shadow never wanted to talk about how deep the Ultimate Life form deal was-- being in cryogenic freezing taught him how easy it was to lose time in life. Losing fifty years of a person's life was hard enough. ]
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Yeah, thanks! This whole... system thing is kinda complicated, heh, but I got it now!
You were gonna stay here longer? Didn't you have that huge pile of books over there? [He indicated toward the table they previously had occupied.]
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I've finished half of them. I suppose I'll put them back for now... [ Looks back at Sonic. ] Do you have some other engagement?
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[At the question, Sonic's eyes looked up and he rubbed the back of his head in thought.]
Hm? ... Well, no, other than hangin' out with you, heh. Why? [He returned his gaze to Shadow and gave him another smile, somewhat teasing, but he would comply with the request had Shadow wanted it that way.] ... Did you want me to leave you alone?
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If not, then I'll take care of the Chao for a few hours.
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Huh.
[Just the image of Shadow taking care of Chao was... all sorts of amusing. But never mind that!]
So you're really up for tryin' something else! No problem, just gimme a sec to think what we could do! But hey, I thought we were doin' what you wanted this time 'round since I picked last time. Fair's fair, y'know.
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[But what DID he like doing? If he had an objective of some kind, it'd be easier to find something to do. He wasn't really a "spur of the moment" kind of guy like Sonic was.]
There are many different zones in this place; warp rings that hold many destinations. I might have a better idea if we return to the hub, unless something in Station Square has caught your eye.
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[Going back to the hub was an interesting idea. But did he really see a warp ring for... ARK? Really? Why would... It was strange to think about. Sonic just began brainstorming, thinking of all the places they could potentially go.]
There's always somethin' to do in Station Square! But I gotta know what you haven't seen either! Like oooh, there's the arcade too next to the casino, or that art museum you were kinda interested in... An aquarium near the beach... I think there's an observatory with a giant telescope or somethin' like that too, but that might be kinda boring to you, huh?
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[ Shadow is interested by that last bit; despite having lived in space aboard the ARK, he was still interested in lookout out at it. ]
Where is the observatory?
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It's not in downtown, I can tell ya that. It's outside the city a bit since it's gotta be up high, you know? I can show you where it is if you wanna go there on your own some time.
You wanna go there now?
[Somewhat handwaving the checking-out materials of the library part here if they do.]
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I forget that it won't be very interesting for you. After having been on the ARK, you've already experienced space enough.
[ For Shadow, it held deeper meaning to look through that telescope. To be able to see the ARK from the Earth... It would be like going full circle. ]
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But space itself was so vast. That was the reason for constructing observatories and building rockets at all. To explore it all, all of which seemed unlimited in scope. He may have experienced it, but he didn't know much detail about it. Sonic shook his head, his eyeridge furrowing a bit as he did so.]
Hey, hey, hold up, I didn't say anythin' about how I felt about it yet! 'Course I'll go and check it out with you. I think it'll be interesting either way!
[Sonic gave Shadow a smile, using his head to motion toward the exit.] So are you gonna come along or what?
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