PiT 017: The Loner's Choice
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Shadow looked calmly around the quiet forest that he called his domain. Because he had always traveled at night, the people who entered his forest had never seen him, and did not know that he existed. But he did exist, quietly and passively away from other people.
Shadow had placed himself in seclusion not because he was sick of humanity, but because he was tired of fighting. He wasn't like Sonic, who could seemingly pull a reason to fight Eggman out of nowhere. Besides, he had promised Maria he would help people: he figured the best way was to disappear for good.
The sounds of a campsite nearby snapped him out of his reverie. Shadow had come to a fork on the barely-existent path he had been walking thoughtfully along. One of the branched off paths led to where the campsite sounds were coming from, and the other led deeper into the golden forest.
The black hedgehog stood silently for a moment, then headed deeper into the woods.
When given the choice, will you recede or proceed?