Having been in the forest for a few days by then, Sonic had done plenty to keep himself busy before attempting to get some rest. One of those activities was climbing trees and hanging out with some of the wild life. Most were pretty polite as long as Sonic didn't bother them at the wrong time and that bird trying to take an eye out of his friend--

Well, he wasn't entirely sure what Shadow thought of him as anymore. Sonic certainly understood him to be a friend, but he'd been one hell of a jerkass lately. So who was to really say?

Ugh, I've been out here too long. Gettin' way too pessimistic.

Anyway, the bird Shadow was treating rather rudely didn't deserve that. It reminded him of the Chao, which ticked him off on an entirely other level, but he abandoned it to go jumping into the bird's home tree.

And he wasn't very quiet about it either.