Another fine day for a run... if you were a certain blue blur. But not everyone in his world can go as fast, with Amy realizing the hard way as she held her Piko Piko Hammer in her hands, sweating profoundly as she was in her normal red dress, being at the sunny Emerald Beach.
"Phew... I think I need to take a breather..." Amy said to herself while brushing back her pink hedgehog quills. "...how am I gonna match him if I can't even manage to keep my speed?"
"Because you have too much baggage on you." Shadow calmly pointed out as he was relaxing on a beach chair on the sand. "You need to learn to just go without any of your stuff."
"Are you kidding me?" Amy gawked as she shook her head, puffing up her face cheeks as she placed her hands on her hips. "There's no way I'm gonna leave my fantastic mallet behind."
"...Don't you have magic?"
"Well yes, but I shouldn't have to rely on it in order to-"
"Look, sometimes there's a need to focus on the more important things. Why don't you think about it?"
Amy was going to respond with a rebuttal, but she placed her right hand on her chin as she pondered this. Shadow casually adjusted his sunglasses as he went back to relaxing on his beach chair.