"...What was it Lord Eggman said to his last protégé? 'I can carpetbomb that rodent any day. But that's not enough—that's not the point.'

Something like that. Unfortunately, I share the same belief..."

"...That is, to an extent. Lord Eggman's programming persists through forms...and to an extent, Sonic's personality.

I don't believe in the easy route, so I have little interest in dissolving your home with a snap of the finger. I believe in crushing my foes, making them suffer in my grasp..."

It wouldn't take long for the copy robot to come back together, reforming as...

"Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Nicole, and 𝗜 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗻. Whilst in this form, we are 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲."

cyberspace dozens of times when he was on the Starfall Islands. I can and /will/ find a way to make it work.

. . ."

He paused to assess Nicole's last statement.

"What can I do, you wonder? The better question is what I can't."

Suddenly, the machine began to drip, his body falling apart in goop.

|| Dog I'll be real I been busy with work these past two days I know nothing about hating on you. 💀 I see no reason to be rude to anybody here unless provoked, and even that's a stretch.

i agree

"Say that again and I'm deactivating you."

"I MEAN, A MASTERFUL GAMBIT, MASTER NEO. YOU ARE INCREDIBLE AT YOUR CRAFT."

"...Sure, that's convincing enough. It isn't, but I'll take it."