[You're not anyone's but your own, Neo, and I'm so proud of you.
Once, he'd wondered if he'd ever hear words like that from Eggman. If after he killed Sonic, Eggman would be proud of him. It had been such an inane, pointless thought that he'd vowed never to think of it again, and yet hearing those words now from someone else fills him with warmth, as though his jets are on full blast.]
Then I expect you to push me to my limits - no, beyond them. I will reshape this body with my own hands as many times as it takes to kill you. And only then will I decide how I will live my life afterward.
[Maybe he won't ever be able to become Sonic. Though he was made with his doppelganger's life data, they are not the same person. He could never be the hero that so many need when they look to Sonic the hedgehog.
But that is a problem for future Neo, and it is not one he will waste any more time considering right now. They still need to return home first, and he will need to prepare an even better plan to catch Sonic off-guard.
Until that day comes, there's no reason why he can't experience their rivalry for what it currently is.
Neo finally shifts, moving to properly face Sonic with no more reason to remain turned away. He wants to reach out - to return that touch, to initiate more, to feel his heartbeat and warmth again - but he doesn't know how to go about initiating something like that. Sonic makes it look easy. Sonic makes everything look easy.
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Once, he'd wondered if he'd ever hear words like that from Eggman. If after he killed Sonic, Eggman would be proud of him. It had been such an inane, pointless thought that he'd vowed never to think of it again, and yet hearing those words now from someone else fills him with warmth, as though his jets are on full blast.]
Then I expect you to push me to my limits - no, beyond them. I will reshape this body with my own hands as many times as it takes to kill you. And only then will I decide how I will live my life afterward.
[Maybe he won't ever be able to become Sonic. Though he was made with his doppelganger's life data, they are not the same person. He could never be the hero that so many need when they look to Sonic the hedgehog.
But that is a problem for future Neo, and it is not one he will waste any more time considering right now. They still need to return home first, and he will need to prepare an even better plan to catch Sonic off-guard.
Until that day comes, there's no reason why he can't experience their rivalry for what it currently is.
Neo finally shifts, moving to properly face Sonic with no more reason to remain turned away. He wants to reach out - to return that touch, to initiate more, to feel his heartbeat and warmth again - but he doesn't know how to go about initiating something like that. Sonic makes it look easy. Sonic makes everything look easy.
Does he like Sonic the hedgehog?
Yes.]