[Ah, acknowledgement. It rings hollow right now, but hearing that his concerns of not even registering as a threat to Sonic are unfounded helps, he supposes. Sonic considers him a threat. Second only to Sonic himself.

...This conversation is completely pointless. They aren't getting anywhere with it. That's made all the more clear when Sonic dodges his question and asks one of his own, and Neo's almost petty enough to do the same in return, except...]

Because that's what makes sense.

[That leaves him before he can put a stop to it. The downsides of having your voice attached to your brain is that sometimes the words happen without you really preparing to loose them into the world. Whoops.]

We are enemies - that's all we've ever been and all we ever will be, regardless of the circumstances of this world. My primary objective is to destroy you. I will pursue this until you lie dead.

[And yet... his programming also said he should remain loyal to Doctor Eggman. He's already proven he can change his programming if he really desires. He cast aside that loyalty in pursuit of his primary objective, but today he denied that objective. Today he saved Sonic despite every single piece of programming and line of code dictating that he should do otherwise.

Neo Metal Sonic is a product of that code.

...Isn't he?]