[Sonic had looked up to where the observatory and telescope were as Shadow pointed it out, but took his eyes away from it a second later to look back at the black hedgehog. He had seen the observatory before in the distance, but never up close. While typically he may have been fascinated and would have scrutinized the new sight before him, he was just as focused as Shadow had been on the use of his name.

Sonic smiled a little more.]

Heh, that wasn't so bad, right? Thanks.

And hey, just so we're kinda clear? We might not be equals to you, and I can get that. But you're you and you're still my friend. And being or not being equals or whatever doesn't matter to me.

[He offered the same smile, but then quickly turned his attention back to the observatory. He beckoned to Shadow to have him head toward it.]

Now c'mon, you wanted to check this out, right? Let's get inside! I wanna see how this works!