frecklehog:

Shadow retracted his arm once he’d broken the shake, laxly folding them over his chest.

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“Well, we seem to be kind of different from most alternates… Certainly a lot friendlier.” He gave a light-hearted chuckle. “Most others seem to be massive grumps or homicidal maniacs, although there’s much less of the latter.

I can’t say I’ve ever met an alternate of you, though.”

"Homicidal maniacs? That sounds like Marshmallow on a bad day.”

“Grumps I can handle, I have to deal with an Altaria who gets pissy if I don’t brush his fluff more than twice a week.”

The former champion looked thoughtful for a moment before speaking again.

“A Sonic alternate once said that I do have an alternate and I’m apparently much taller than her.”