[miles heads up to find sonic, hopefully]
... oh, hey, kiddo.
Hey Sonic!
[Miles arrives, his fur looks... much better than other times, it's brownish golden color is much prevalent now, and his tails especially are noticeably butter taken care of]
how have you been doing?
[there's light in his blue eyes, and his little fox snout proudly wears a smile, this is a fox who's not been bothered by bullies in a while]
I'm sorry i g-got-- t-that I took too long, I w-was helping the Shadow with a robot friend of his who got b-badly damaged
i've been doing just fine. how about you?
also don't worry about it, things are movin a bit slowly anyway.
I've been d-doing better, I've stayed in Shadow's house, and- been able to eat without fear of someone throwing my food into the ground!
that is definitely improvement. glad to hear that.
hopefully he lets ya stay as long as you need
y-yeah, h-he actually did let me!
oh- i have a surprise for you!
[he takes out from his hammerspace a small device, like a walkie-talkie mixed with a screen and two antennae]
the emeralds detector is done!
oh hey, sick! this will really help a ton. thanks, kid.
[his two tails really begin spinning]
R-really?
[his eyes are full of sparkles and excitement]
