After the gray hedgehog finished his chat with his parents, he finally got up to see what his friend was doing. The continuous sound of beeps and clicks made him curious. Looking at the screens, he saw nothing but ones and zeroes. Digit was reading binary code.
"You understand this?" he said.
Digit looked at him. "Well, uh, yeah," he replied. He felt concerned. "W-why? What's wrong?"
"Nothing, Digit."
"Oh. Sorry, I'm still getting used to someone fully accepting me." Embarrassed, the purple wolf looked down.
"It's alright, I understand," said Silver. He started to put his hand on Digit's shoulder to reassure him, but he stopped in midair.
Digit noticed this. "It's okay. Go ahead," he said.
"Really?" he said for clarification.
"Yes. I..." He hesitated for a couple seconds. "I'm ready. I know you won't hurt me," he finally said.
Silver slowly put his hand on him. Digit flinched, but quickly got over it.
"I'm glad he's starting to get used to physical contact," the gray hedgehog thought.
"Honestly though, why are you amazed that I can read binary code?" asked Digit.
Silver took his hand off. "I mean it's just so difficult and confusing," he replied. "I'm just glad you understand it, that way we can test out the Track."
Digit smirked.
"It's also nice to see that someone else I know is bilingual," continued Silver.
The wolf turned his chair to face his friend. "You're bilingual too?"
Silver nodded. His intrigued roommate then asked what language and he responded with "Sign language."
"Are you serious?" asked Digit.
The hedgehog then signed "Yes, I'm serious." to prove it.
"In my opinion, that's more difficult than binary," proclaimed Digit.
Silver snickered at his comment.
His small friend rotated his chair back to the screens and continued typing. "How did you learn it?" he asked.
"From a book," answered Silver.
"That's it?"
"Well, a book and my laptop. I also took a few quizzes and exams."
"So, you didn't have a teacher?"
"No, I taught myself for extra credit. I was homeschooled."
Digit looked at him again. "Oh, wow. I was homeschooled too," he said. He almost forgot about explaining the Cyber Track. "I figured out how to run the scanners."
"Oh, great!" said Silver. "How does work?"
"It's pretty complicated, so I'll try to explain it in layman's terms. Once you step inside one of the boxes, it gains power from two places. One source is from a generator for electrical power, the other is from the emerald for teleportation power. While it's doing that, it scans you on the inside with cameras, rays, and invisible waves found on the electromagnetic spectrum, mainly microwaves. When there's finally enough power, it manipulates your atoms inside your body allowing it to teleport into the Cyber Track's hub and then into an alternate dimension. Do you understand or are you lost?"
Silver nodded. "Yeah, I get it." He was slightly confused, but he didn't want to upset Digit.
"Okay, good."
"So can we try it out now?"
"We could, but it's 8:42. Not to mention Shadow is probably wanting us to be back soon or else."
"Oh. Right," said Silver sadly.
"I'm sorry. Do you want to test it out tomorrow?"
"No, let's wait until Saturday. That way we'll have a full day to explore the Track."
"Smart idea," said Digit. "See you then, Ally."
"Farewell, Digit and Silver," said the VA.
The wolf turned off the computer and hopped out of the chair.
The roommates then walked to the elevator and pushed the button. When Silver and Digit stepped inside, Shadow warped them back in a spot on campus where they wouldn't be seen.
"Thanks again, Shadow," said Silver.
"Don't mention it," he answered. He then walked off in a different direction.
The two roommates made their way back to their room. It was late and only a few people were outside.
"It's a good thing we already finished our homework," commented Silver.
"Yeah," replied Digit.
"Hey, Dij?"
The wolf looked at his roommate. "What?"
"We're keeping this a secret, right?"
"You know it."