[ Time-eating thing...? Shadow furrowed his brow, staring at Sonic with a confused stare... he placed a hand to his own head, trying to remember... it was so long ago... but yes, he recalled... recalled something like that from his past.
In that time, hadn't he met that boy? That boy who wanted so desperately to help him in the present? That white hedgehog... and his friend, the cat. He'd met them all before, that was why they were so familiar to him...
Yes, he did remember Time Eater. He remembered being ripped out of time and stuck in a white limbo, where he would fight Sonic in exchange for a Chaos Emerald. It was impossible but... there were two Sonics at that time... One small and chubby, the other his friend. Shadow's eyes widened once more and he couldn't help but stare at Sonic more closely. ]
... Then... You're that... little one. [ If it was a Sonic from Sonic's past, a younger Sonic, then it only made sense, right? Would that become an endless time loop? It could explain this fiasco... because in Shadow's timeline, Sonic was indeed dead, but a younger version could still exist in an earlier timeline...
And though it should have comforted Shadow, the truth had only grounded him more firmly in reality; Sonic was dead. This Sonic was from the past, not his own timeline... It was silly to think that this Sonic could be his. ]
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In that time, hadn't he met that boy? That boy who wanted so desperately to help him in the present? That white hedgehog... and his friend, the cat. He'd met them all before, that was why they were so familiar to him...
Yes, he did remember Time Eater. He remembered being ripped out of time and stuck in a white limbo, where he would fight Sonic in exchange for a Chaos Emerald. It was impossible but... there were two Sonics at that time... One small and chubby, the other his friend. Shadow's eyes widened once more and he couldn't help but stare at Sonic more closely. ]
... Then... You're that... little one. [ If it was a Sonic from Sonic's past, a younger Sonic, then it only made sense, right? Would that become an endless time loop? It could explain this fiasco... because in Shadow's timeline, Sonic was indeed dead, but a younger version could still exist in an earlier timeline...
And though it should have comforted Shadow, the truth had only grounded him more firmly in reality; Sonic was dead. This Sonic was from the past, not his own timeline... It was silly to think that this Sonic could be his. ]
... I see... so that's it.