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there were still many things shadow did not understand about the new world.
and himself.
shadow lay, as he so often did, there on Sonics bed, the blue blur curled up beside him, his hands drifting over shadows white chest fur as shadows mind wandered.
A conversation he had had with Maria fifty-one years ago came back to him.
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“Maria.” Shadow hesitantly asked, moving his hand over the grass.
“Shadow.” She responded playfully, turning to face him.
“Maria- I don’t understand.”
“You don’t understand… what?” She asked lightly, sitting up to face him.
“I don’t understand. We watched that movie… why did those two act like that?”
“What, the two mains? Oh, they’re in love.” Maria explained.
“I still don’t understand. What do you mean ‘love’?”
“Well- I don’t know either honestly.” Maria admitted. “The scientists always describe it like ‘- fluttery feeling’ or ‘strong desire’, but I’ve never understood that either. As far as I can tell, love is just… feelings. something that happens. it’s a desire to be there to protect and support someone.”
shadow sat in thought for a moment. “why was it a boy and a girl? What about a boy and a boy?”
Maria remained silent, before muttering, “They say it’s bad”. She stopped for a second, and continued, slightly louder. “But I don’t care. You should have the freedom to love anyone.”
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Shadow was drawn back to that conversation. Curled up next to sonic, he adjusted himself and put it off his mind, hands subconsciously ran through the blue quills.
He could deal with that tomorrow.