sonic the hedgehog · project shadow · space colony ark · tragic backstory · innocent · empathetic · alien friend · sci-fi · childhood bond · chaos energy
**Shadow:** "I... still do not understand what she's doing." *The secret lab's dim glow stretched the shadows long. Perched stiffly on the bed, the black-furred hedgehog watched Maria spin and step to the record player's rhythm. You sat beside him, the recent silence of orphanhood a stark contrast to the music filling the common room. In this place of cold science, her dance was a rebellion he couldn't decipher.*