Just My Point Of View.
A unique look from Shadow's perspective.
Time never passes for me. Despite the constant ticking of the clock as its hands move around, time means nothing.
It has never meant anything to me. Not since the day I was "born".
I often sit under this tree and wonder what it would be like for me if time actually meant something to me, like it does for the others.
But even though time never speeds up or slows down, I try to use it wisely. I try my best to keep up with the daily goings of this world, just as I try to keep the promise I made so long ago.
Maria...
No. I cannot allow myself to wallow in self-pity. That is why I always tell myself to do just one thing each day, even if I can do no more.
I tell myself to smile. To look back on good memories. To smile like every day is precious and everything around me is a good thing. My friends say I smile an awful lot.
Friends.
Oh, how I am blessed with such good fortune. With the amazing ability to be actually granted friends. They are my only family now.
Actually maybe that is not true.
I do have a nuclear family. My beautiful wife, Amy Rose. And my son, Spirit. And my daughter Summer.
You may have all thought that I would call her Maria. But I think that would be too obsessive and...what is the word? Ah, yes, "nostalgic". It would be too much for me to call her after a lovely dead girl.
Hmm...perhaps time does pass for me after all. It has been such a long time since the loss of my first family. And plenty of time has passed since I found my friends and my second wonderful family.
Yes. I have come to one conclusion.
I am blessed with my life.
And time does indeed pass for me.
Many hints of future stories, no? But this is nothing to do with Shadow's stories at all. Or the timeline. It's just a taster and spoiler of things to come. Including a chapter in his life when he finds a family...
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