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[Although coming from Shadow's phone, and using his username, anyone who knows the hedgehog will be able to tell this isn't him.]

How do you get a grumpy person to make friends? I'd like to meet more people, so should he right?

And I didn't sign him up for that friend thing because I like not being punted, I bet he would totally punt me.

[Now how the hell the chao was able to type this without fingers is anyone's guess.]

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[ She doesn't entirely understand, at least not the same way Cream would. But she's been living with Shadow and Chompy long enough to figure a few things out here and there, so manages to get what the Chao is saying. ]

Oh really? [ Not too long then. Then again she doesn't usually catch him sleeping too often anyway, so she isn't actually sure how much sleep he really gets. ]

[Chompy nods in response, before resuming its snackage. There isn't much more the chao can do or say at this moment, because Shadow is sleeping like a baby and unless either Chompy or Amy does something super loud? He's not waking up.]

[ Amy has every intention to just let Shadow sleep. Unfortunately, it seems like the universe had other plans, as Amy gets up from her seat to pour herself some more tea and accidentally knocks her plate off the table. She yelps, jumping back as the plate shatters on the floor. ]

[Chompy lets out a little gasp of its own at the plate falling and breaking, as Shadow shifts a little in his sleep and...

Opens his eyes a little and stares right at the scene.]

Hmm... You okay?

[It's muttered, but the words are out.]

[ She glances at Shadow briefly before sighing, running a hand down her face. So much for letting him sleep. ]

Yeah, I'm fine.

[ The plate had been empty at least, so she only had the broken bits of porcelain to worry about. ]

Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you.

[And he's starting to get up, with a bit of a stretch and a few slow blinks.]

It's fine, I've slept enough.

[He can always pass out later.]

[ She pouts just a bit, because he definitely has not, but decides not to argue about it now. She can only hope that he would try to sleep a bit later.

Instead she starts on cleaning up the broken plate. ]

I don't know what's with me lately. I've been more clumsy lately. I keep dropping stuff at work too.

[ Luckily nothing breakable, but... ]

[Just going to sit up in bed, he notices that his phone is on the ground nearby and raises an eyebrow at that but says nothing about the subject. Instead, he'll focus on what Amy just said.]

That's odd, have you been resting enough?

[He knows that she can go overboard with things, so maybe that's what it is?]

[ She hums softly, sweeping up the broken plate shards. ] Maybe? I don't think I've really done anything different with my schedule.

[ She hasn't even taken on any new quests or anything lately. ]

You've been doing a lot, even before now.

[Does he mean before now, as in right now, or before Avalon? Hard to tell.]

[ She isn't entirely sure which he means either, so she hums noncommittally. ] I guess. But I've never been like this before.

[ Or at least, she doesn't think so.

She doesn't want him to worry too much about her though, so she shrugs a little. ] It's probably nothing. Maybe I'll go to bed early tonight and see if that helps.

[Shadow hums himself, as he gets up from his bed and heads towards Amy.]

Hopefully it is just that, but yes you should rest more.

[ She can't help a small smile to herself. Whether he says it out loud or not, she's still a bit touched that he's worried about her.

As she finishes gathering up the broken plate pieces (or at least, most of them, there still might be some smaller ones that flew off somewhere), she chews her bottom lip a bit as she debates whether she wants to bring up the thing she and Chompy had been discussing. ]

...so, hey.

[Good thing neither of them walks about barefoot then, it's just the familiars that may find the stray tiny pieces. If there are any.

As Amy is finishing up, Shadow is getting off the bed and grabbing his discarded phone and is tucking it away when she speaks up.]

Yes?

[ Grabbing a bag to put the broken pieces in, she thinks for a moment, trying to decide how to approach the topic. ]

So...did you see that announcement that went up about the, uh...the Valentine's speed dating and friendshipping thing?

[What an odd thing to ask about, Shadow raises an eyebrow at the question.]

I saw something like that, I paid it no mind.

[Because dates and friendships are below his notice and are for other people.]

[ She couldn't help a soft laugh. ] I thought you might've.

But I was thinking about signing up. And I know we had talked one time about you maybe working on your, uh...people skills.

[Oh right, that conversation. One he kind of hope would have been forgotten.]

And so you think I should try this... Speed friendship thing.

I mean, if you want? I'm not going to force you into it or anything. [ Because that had also been something they had talked about, and she wanted to do better about respecting his boundaries. ]

But it might be good practice with talking to people. Learning how to get to know them and everything.

I see. [At least he didn't think she thought he should try speed dating, so there is that.]

So basically as a challenge then? [If it's not something he can consider like a fight then well, he might not do it.]

[ She hesitates a moment, because she wouldn’t have called it that exactly. But she knows how he works. ]

Yeah, uh…something like that. Like a personal challenge, to try and sharpen up your skills. It’ll be like training, but with conversation.

[He's looking thoughtful for a moment, he's seriously considering it. Maybe.]

I see, then I guess I can try it.

[ She smiles a little to herself. ] Great! Just make sure to sign up before the deadline.

I mean, if you're really going for it. Again, totally up to you.

Of course I am.

[And he's going to go and head towards the door of the room, and maybe do just that.]

Okay.

[ She is definitely not going to stop him if he's signing up now. Besides, she still has to finish cleaning up the kitchen.

She can only hope he knows where to go to sign up. ]

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