Sona went back inside her home, holding the abandoned pup in her arms and wondered what to do with him. Placing Shen on the wooden floor of her room, she just stares into his blue and gold eyes wondering if he would speak again. Calling out in her mind to the puny animal, she doesn't get a reply as Shen tilts his head in confusion, before running around her room. His ears twitched and pointed in the direction of the window where droplets of water fell into puddles and the stone road. Sona was wondering how to grab his attention, so she clapped her hands together. Like magic, Shen was pawing at her dress, but there was something different about him. His eyes went from blue and gold to red and grey. Sona was now the one tilting her head, perplexed as she claps again to see if that's what caused it, but no dice. At this point, she was sitting on the floor trying to comprehend her strange guest.
An idea pops into her head where she snaps her fingers to produce a different sound. Shen's eyes turn white and teal as a result making Sona go between clapping her hands and snapping her fingers watching a color transition occur in his big eyes. Sona admitted that it was kind of fun before deciding her next course of action. Picking him up and walking over to her etwahl, she places him on the instrument. Shen sniffs the strings, cautiously touching a cord or two. Sona then plays a melody, watching the eyes of the canine flicker a rainbow of colors that mesmerized her.
Her adopted mother then came in to tell her to that it was time for bed and that her bath was ready. Sona turned around and nodded her head while she held Shen close to her stomach. Speaking of bathes, Sona was certain that her new friend needed one too. Taking his tiny hoodie and pouch off, she remembers that his headset was disconnected from her etwahl right after he spoke. As she ponders again, she plugs his head set in her instrument's port.
"Are you gonna play again?"
Sona looks into Shen's eyes.
"You have pretty eyes."
Sona doesn't dare reply just yet as she takes off his headset and places it on the etwahl.
"Hey, hey, hey, play that thing again!"
"I-I'm sorry, but you'll have to wait till tomorrow."
"Okay."
Sona tries her best to be formal, but for something so strange to start up a conversation was too weird for comfort. It got more awkward, as Sona sat the tub watching Shen float in front of her using a sponge a floatation device. She finally broke the ice asking him questions.
"What's your name?"
"I don't know."
"Where are you from?"
"I don't know."
"Why were you in a box outside in the rain?"
"I don't know."
Sona sighs, hearing answers that reminded the mute champion of her childhood, previously being an orphan left on the doorstep of some stranger's house. She asks another question.
"Do you like music?"
Shen nods his head wildly, splashing wash in her face. Sona blocks the water with her hands as she giggles.
"Ha ha ha! Okay, okay! So do I. My name is Sona."
"Sona. Sona. Sona! I like Sona!"
She watches Shen's eyes turn pink after saying her name multiply times making her heart melt.
"I wish I had a name like Sona." (Eyes turning blue)
"What if I named you?" Sona suggests, watching his eyes turn bright gold and wagging his tail. So she calls out names.
"Sonic?" Pale blue eyes and ears pointed down was his respond to the name.
"Bass?" (Red eyes and a little growl)
"Wub Wub?" (Grey eyes and his head tilted to the side)
"Groove?" (Purple eyes and his tongue sticking out)
"Amp?" His eyes return to their original blue and gold color while his ears perk up.
"Oh, does Amp sound good?"
"Is Sona going to call me Amp?" He asks, swimming closer and eyes growing larger with anticipation.
"Yes." She answers, picking him up to see his irises shine bright gold before he licked her nose.
Sona was now in her bed watching the ceiling, unable to fall asleep unlike Amp, who was sleeping like a rock on her pillow beside her head. She watches his small body rise up and down while he wore his headset at his request, reflecting more on the events that unfolded in the midst of one day. She touches his fluffy head and hears an unexpected chorus of mixed sounds. Drawing her hand back, she slowly taps his forehead with her index finger. A sound bite from her melody escapes his ears as if they were speakers. Another touch on the head, the echo of a raindrop sounds. Sona found herself playing with an assortment of sound bites that Amp collected during the entire day as she tickles his body making another melody. Her hand brushes up against his headset in which one eye opens spooking her for a moment. Strange enough, Amp continued to sleep and the eye that was opened, displayed a blue iris with a white line going across.
Sona was puzzled as she plays around some more, discovering that the white line displayed the sound frequency for each sound bite his ears played. She scratches his chin to play her favorite beat then adjusted the pitch and frequency with the dial located on the headset producing new tracks. Sona was glad her room was sound proof as she played with her new musical instrument until dawn.
The next morning, Amp wakes up to see Sona sleeping with dark circles underneath her eyes.
He gently paws her cheek until she finally lifted her head.
"Sona, Sona, Sona, are you okay?"
"Hmmm? I'm fine, Amp…. Just let me sleep for a few more..."
Sona's head falls back into her pillow causing Amp to panic, but she gingerly brings him against her chest and rubs his head. He was asleep in a matter of seconds before his ears starts playing a soothing yet upbeat remix made by Sona.
"Strange how big breasts and small animals can't seem to stay away from each other." Shen's mother says while pursing lips.
"Please mind your words, mother." Shen tells her, embarrassed hearing his own mother make such a statement.
"Shen, what's the story behind that hip-happening music? Are the younger generations listening to this Wub Wub whatever!?" His father rants, making the Eye of Twilight face palm from hearing these humiliating remarks.
