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If this is important or an emergency, I'll get back to you as soon as I get your message. If not, I'll get back to you when its convenient and if I feel like it. I'm not making any promises either way.

I won't waste your time, so don't waste mine.

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sonic_wachowski

And I do. Again, I didn't come bursting in through your window. I figured you didn't hand them over because you didn't realize it would bother me, and that was the case. Not because I thought you were hiding or using them.

[So its not like he has no trust.]

[He looks over at Nine, and at his tails.] Is that why the legs always surround your real tails? [A pause.] We...could probably do something about the damage. Later. Something to talk about later, but just if you're open to talking about it.

[He wonders if he can't fly with them like Tails does.]

[He looks down at the floor, hands rubbing his arms. Fingers digging in a bit over where the IVs had been stuck into him.]

My body is hard mode. I can....I can usually kick my own butt about a lot of things, but my body has...its always been a difficult thing. I love Maddie. She's great. She's kind. She's patient. She's mom. It still took three months before I let her give me a basic physical.

[So when it comes to his being a Project hang ups, its a tall order to redirect.]

I can't leave it. I have to handle it, one way or the other. Doesn't matter the risks. I'll never be able to sleep if I don't have a solid read on the situation myself.

[He knows himself too well for it.]

Chaos energy isn't electricity.

Its a power source, but its not electricity. It looks like it, but I've been hit by tasers and chaos energy. Electrified is just easier to say than describing it. Its like...a wave or...lungs filled with too much air or..... [He shakes his head.] But its not the same as being hit by a taser.

But organic take incidental shocks way better than machines do. Probably because chaos energy is alive and machines generally just don't handle it well.

From:

shatterdriven

If you had had so little trust, you'd have had another problem on your plate. You're not entirely too fast for me after all.

[He may or may not be trying to lighten the mood a tiny bit.

At the question, he opens the metal tails and lets Sonic see properly. Obviously trusting he's not going to pull them. The fur of his tails does look pretty healthy but it's not even half as full and fluffy as Tails' are, looking more like what you'd expect from a short-haired cat than a fox...ignoring the fact Nine in general has much smoother fur because his tails used to be extremely fluffy when he was a kid.]

It's part of why I picked tails over anything else, yeah. Even if the procedure was a pain. I could probably do something while I'm here since I'm Summer. But I'm not really set on the idea.

[He sighs, a hand on his hip.]

You're on your own for this if something happens, whether you do something regrettable...or something happen to you. I can't help you more than warning you.

The Chaos energy is close enough to electricity that it does count. Neither Echo, nor Ridge particularly reacted well to even a light tap. And the one immune to electricity and my newest reacted much less. So even though it's not true electricity it might be the case that for some creatures it's close enough that it affects them similarly. Not that I plan to just go around touching everyone's Pokemon with it for a bigger sample size.

Grim Birdie I've upgraded with special sensor that deploys a small barrier of Paradox energy around her essential components in response to Chaos energy. She could still take damage, but probably not enough to put her out of commission and definitely not enough to stop me repairing her.

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sonic_wachowski

I mean, there is a difference between 'no trust' and 'think is a threat.' Those are totally different levels. Trust is truly a spectrum of things, especially with trauma. [He does little jazzhands.] Its like the world's worst rollercoaster.

[He leans over, taking a closer look. More thoughtful.] I could probably suggest some stuff to eat for fur health. I don't know what kind of diet you've been using, but I've been doing similar for Shadow. His fur was just terrible when he arrived. I remember what Mom suggested for Tails, and fox diets should hopefully be consistent across the multiverse.

Any internal damage would need more like....medical, magical professional thing. And maybe some experiments with chaos energy, but later. Later thing. [His voice is definitely lowered, his ears twitching, but the anxiety Is Real. Its still a lot he's making the offer.]

I know. That's usually how this goes. Either it works out, or I eat dirt, but I...just...have to. [The Anxiety Is So Real.]

....were you testing chaos energy on your Pokemon? [He looks Concerned.]

It can also be how the contact is. Chaos is....malleable like that. Connecting to the quill can cause a shock, but it also does....other stuff.

[He purses his lips.] It does take A LOT to fry....but will she listen if I tell her to leave the area? Just in case?

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shatterdriven

Threat wouldn't be what I was aiming for, but I would hit you with something and make you pay for the damages.

And, no offense, but my dad is the current expert on fur upkeep, especially tails. And he insists on all the cooking to make sure my diet is balanced. There's no internal damage thankfully I was at least lucky they were never more than sprained.

[Eating dirt is the best outcome.]

I asked their help, yes. Just touching quill and then a tiny bit of channels energy. I wanted to be sure if it was safe for them, or they should fully avoid it. Ridge and Echo especially because they like to be in the lab.

As far as Birdie goes, it depends on her assessment of the situation. If she deems it worth the risk to help you then she won't leave.

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sonic_wachowski

I mean, you could try. I think GUN is still trying to figure out if they could bill me for the gravity trap I broke in their headquarters.

Not my fault their 'Team Sonic proof vault' was not, in fact, Team Sonic proof. [Because the vault was ABSOLUTELY designed with them in mind, he was the only one with a steady supply of rings and their AWOL agents hadn't been that long before the heist.]

Hmmm, I wonder if its because the fur was ripped out....though it could also be stress. The rest of your fur still implies fluffy, though it can be hard to judge just HOW fluffy you guys are supposed to be, dunno why my world is just that much fluffier.

...can you fly with just the two?

[Excuse you, there was no dirt eating. A lot of posturing on Morty's side, and Sonic poking for weak points because provocation is the name of the people reading game.]

So it could be the shock, but did you account for like the energy surge affect? No, wait, bad wording. Energy caffeine. THAT affect?

How fast can she fly? No, wait, how far can she see? And she does like...think? Or is it just number crunching?

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shatterdriven

I can. Even if I miss once or twice. I can and have hit Sonic, and I train with Shadow weekly here.

...lack of a hairbrush? But no, foxes have bushy tails. Mine just aren't anymore. Even close to three years here and a year of that being with my dad around.

And yeah, I can fly. Maybe not as fast as some but without trouble.

[He also didn't get rid of the data, so it didn't actually work out unless he only wanted a copy for himself.]

Luxray took to the boost you're referring to. The other two didn't but also probably wouldn't like to try again long enough to see. And my Quagsire...probably wouldn't show signs either way so I've got no data there.

And lastly, she can keep up with you unless you start pushing your upper speeds. But she'll catch up quickly once you do. She can see about 300 yards. More if the terrain's fairly flat.