"Shadow!" Sonic snapped, the Chao chirping the two syllables, echoing one of his two failures for parents. He had since twisted to lay on his belly between his ears, comfortable flopped over on his skull that way. "I ain't got anything like that just lying around!" LIAR. But that was beside the point...

Sonic withdrew the minimal contact he had with Shadow and crossed his arms against his chest. After a moment he bopped his fist into his palm and pointed at him.

"Zero rings!"