It's not as though you don't know who I'm addressing. [ Looks at him. ] There aren't many other blue hedgehogs in the world, I imagine. [ Not that Shadow knew; he was foreign to Earth. Sonic and his friends were the only other creatures that resembled him that he'd ever seen. A hedgehog that was just as fast, just as strong and even resembled him... it was remarkable.

But he couldn't see him as an equal yet. Maybe a better... Shadow didn't feel that speaking to him with his name was called for. They were not equal. ]

We're not equals, blue hedgehog. [ Still cold, still hard to crack the surface of his protective shell, hiding away his inner feelings... even if Sonic had seen him at his most vulnerable, there was still embarrassment and shame where once there was the feeling of superiority. ]