Don't know, I guess it works out for some people. And not for others.

[They did have to face it. Again and again. That is what people said, wasn't it?]

Yeah, cuz runnin' away isn't gonna get you anywhere except lost.

I don't hafta to tell you this. But I'm goin' with you.

[The fact that Shadow had been debating going at all was already progress enough for the black hedgehog. Sonic was never a fan of running away or retreating. Everything had to be faced head on, head held high, no matter how much it hurt.]