𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙭𝙚𝙨

      Somewhere in the forest, some kind of space capsule crashed. Tails and Shadow themselves rushed to her. Naga knocked on the door with his fist and shouted: — HEY MR!!! MRS. OR WHOEVER??? ARE YOU ALIVE THERE??? A blue hand with three fingers immediately appeared in the hatch, and a cough was also heard. Shadow took the door with his clawed paws and broke it down to open the way for the pilot to freedom. Two humanoids immediately emerged from the ship in the smoke. One was a red-haired dwarf wearing a green cowboy hat, and the other looked like a horse and a dinosaur with blue fur and a pink mane. They cleared their throats and looked at their rescuers. — Are you okay? — the fox asks the two strange creatures. — Aren't you injured? — asks the snake hedgehog. Through groans, Wander barely stood up, holding his chest and said: — It’s been better, but I’ll live. Who are you? Sylvia stood up next, clutching her head. — Ah. My head! How painful!... And where are we? — Don't worry! You are with us in the snake forest, where people, Mobians and nagas, live in peace and friendship among themselves. — Tails answers. — In peace? — Sylvia asks, her eyes widening. — In friendship? — the weirdo admired, forgetting about his pain, smiled and raised his fists. The guests looked around and saw that they were on some planet on which there was life and next to which there was another planet in the form of a white circle without craters. In front of them stood a two-tailed fox with excitement and joy, along with a giant black and red hedgehog with a snake-striped tail instead of legs. — Are you sure everything is okay? — Tails asks them incredulously. — Yes Yes. Don't worry about us! We've been in worse troubles. — the red-haired dwarf in the hat answers smiling and receives an elbow from his girlfriend. — AH! — Because of someone who never listened to me. How many times have I told you not to dare go to Lord Hater and Lord Dominator on their ships. — Sylvia hissed through her teeth at Wander, and the latter just waved his hand smilingly and answered: — Come on! — Sorry for interrupting your conversation. — the naga apologized, sticking both palms in and moving the two guests away from each other. — But we understand that you were running away from someone, since you crashed? Sylvia gasped and said, holding Shadow's hand with both hands: — You noticed correctly. We escaped from a certain organization to eliminate some anomalies in the multiverse. — Multiverse? — Tails didn’t understand, and Here-And-There explained it himself: — These military men appeared in our universe out of nowhere and destroyed it. We wanted to make friends with them, but they arrest us and accuse us of something, that we are supposedly some kind of anomalies formed when universes begin to multiply and there are more and more of them. — after the red-haired dwarf in the hat explained all this, Sylvia frowned at her friend and said: — In my opinion, it was you who wanted to make friends with them, and I dissuaded you. But you never listened to me. — Come on, Syl! — she waved her hand again, also smiling. — Alright enough! Stop! Shut up, both of you! - the fox asked, waving both hands in different directions, and then he himself spoke: — And so. First, let us ask you a few questions. Who are you both? What is your name? Where are you from? Why did you come here? Who exactly was chasing you? And are you okay? — So I told you that those soldiers from that organization were following us. Unfortunately, we don’t know who is behind them. I'm fine, but my friend is not, judging by the fact that he is so stubborn! — Come on! — Wander also answers again and receives a signal cough from Tails, who frowned at him. He also coughs a couple of times to the side, preparing to answer and answers: — My name is WANDER, and this is my best friend Sylvia. I am a humanoid of an unknown race. I have been living for many years and I no longer remember who I am or where I come from. But Sylvia is from the Zbornak race. She is from the home planet of the same Zbornoks as herself. Previously, she was on a slippery slope, but our meeting with her changed her and I helped her get on the right path. After that, she and I began to travel around the planets together with greetings. — he said and danced joyfully, after which he grabbed his sore chest. — Ay! Well, again such a wonderful moment was ruined! Sylvia walked up to him and took her friend in her arms, after which she continued to answer: — We came to you by accident. We were just trying to escape from these villains and return to our universe where they took us from. It seems that we have found ourselves in another universe, that is, in yours. — So why didn’t you immediately tell us that you were from another universe? — Shadow smiled, took Sylvia herself and her dwarf on his right arm and crawled with them back into the cave. Tails flew with them. — My friend and I have special magic rings that will help you return home to your universe. But first, since you flew to us anyway, let us invite you to our home for tea! — You are still our guests. — Thank you very much, big friend and two-tailed squirrel. — I’m actually a fox, but there’s no need for gratitude! — Tails smiled back. — By the way, what’s your name? — Sylvia asks them. — My name is Tails. True, my name used to be Miles Prower. — And my name is Shadow. Naga Shadow. — So Taylee and Shad. — smiling, he affectionately called Here-And-There their names and did not notice how he immediately closed his eyes in Sylvia’s arms and fell asleep. At this time, Shadow and Tails themselves accompanied them to Shadow's house.

***

      Luz Bucket, dressed as agents of the nation to eliminate intergalactic and temporal paradx, crawled into the palace and decided to look for the two fugitives there. Two guard knights stood in the way. — Stop! Who's coming?... Ah! Mr. Bucket, is that you? — asks the guard, putting away his weapon and mistaking this Luz for their Luz. Luz from another universe cunningly decided to take advantage of this and smiled and said: — Yes it's me. — Why did you come to us at this time of day? And why are you dressed like that? — asks another guard. — I'm going to a night party with a boy. I want to spend a holiday with him, as he asked me. Strangely enough, the guards believed him. Mainly due to the fact that this time he was calm and no longer worried about the fact that no one would forgive him and with such a cunning but confident face. — Then come in! — the first guard answers and, together with his partner, lets the naga into the city. He crawls into the city and looks around. Unlike Luz of this world, he was not at all embarrassed by the fact that all the residents of the city looked at him with suspicion and anger. He was only concerned about the two fugitives he was looking for. He crawled to one peasant woman on the balcony of one house, where one girl looked at him fearfully. The Scorpio snake crawls towards her and shows her a galagram on his wristwatch with the faces of Wander and Sylvia and asks her: — Madam, have you met these two individuals? The girl looked at the images of the two humanoids and said shyly: — No. — Sorry! — the scorpion asked for forgiveness and crawled on. He then turned to one seller of light bulbs and flashlights. — Have you seen these two, sir? — I don’t know who it is? This is my first time seeing them. — Sorry! — he also answers him and crawled on. Then, along the way, he also addressed one homeless alcoholic, a flower seller, a bartender, a loader, who employs a large purple naga cat, and even an ordinary cat who was hiding in the mailbox. Nobody gave him answers. Then the king himself appeared with his personal guard. — Luz Bucket? What fate did you return with? — Have you seen these two? — He also asked the king himself, showing him the halogram of those two fugitives. The king took a closer look and shook his head in response: — If I saw people like them, I would immediately remember their faces and tell them where they are at the moment. Unfortunately, such people are not observed in my palace and kingdom, but if I meet them, I will definitely send my personal Ghanaian to your home to inform you about them. — Thank you. — he thanked the king with a bow and left the city. Crawling back into the forest, he thought to himself: — They are not here. So we need to look somewhere in the forest. The king himself looked at this Luz with suspicion. It was as if he saw in him another naga, not the same one he knows now. Perhaps this is a completely different Luz Bucket, similar to that one. — Send a messenger to the naga Shadow and warn him that the impostor Luza Bakketa has appeared in our world and let them quickly come to us so that we can figure this out together with them! — We obey, Your Majesty!

***

      And the real Luz Bucket from this very world at that time, together with Fiona, went far into the black forest and decided to stay there together away from the prying eyes of people, Mobians and other nagas. They went far into the swamp, where only crickets and owls sang quietly. Their singing was beautiful to any ear, and most importantly, there was no one here but them. Moreover, Fiona herself had not left the village for a long time and had not gone out for a walk in the forest, but here, together with such a large, strong and brave nag, she had at least once in twenty years gone out and walked like in her youth with her mother, as she remembers well. And especially on such a beautiful night, when such a beautiful full moon shines in the sky and such bright and beautiful stars in the dark night sky. Beautiful and wonderful. Walking with the naked man in the palm of his hand was so romantic. At least for the two of them. The red fox even closed her eyes and leaned her head on the naga's palm, as if she was preparing to fall asleep on it. The modest scorpio even blushed. Suddenly, the butterfly itself flies in with wings made of rainbow colors and sits on Fiona herself in the palm of her hand and looks straight at Luz. Scorpio looked at her with shame and turned his gaze away. Even with her, the naga was terribly ashamed of his past actions. He was even ready to cry. The butterfly flew up to him and sat on his nose, continuing to look at him, and he, in turn, lowered his pupils down. The butterfly crawls close to him with its paws and kisses him between the eyes. For the Nagas, this meant that she forgives him. Naga himself even personally heard how the butterfly spoke to him for the first time in millions of years in pure human language and in such a low voice: — I forgive you for everything, Luz Bucket. Thank you for finally not only hearing my thoughts, but also my voice. She then mounted Fiona again and was the last one to see her. — Wow! I have never seen such butterflies with such wings before. — Like? This is a lucky butterfly of fate. Among us Nagas she is something like a deity. She gives us signs of what is good and what is bad. And the fact that she sat on you and me... I think she is hinting at what is between us... — Love? — the fox asks and grins. — If so, then it turns out that this is a sign? — Yes. She apparently knows that we are both lost souls who got lost, but then found our true paths and corrected ourselves. She believes that we are made for each other and knows that we have the right bond. — Bond? — Fiona didn’t understand. — My father, when he was still alive, told me that this is a very rare phenomenon. This is when a naga and another creature that is smaller than itself become closer to each other and even have a spiritual connection. It's like love at first sight. True, it can happen among nagas not only to people or Mobians, but even to other smaller creatures. For example, animals. For this, according to rumors, nature apparently gave us two stomachs, one of which is safe. At first I didn’t understand why we need two stomachs? And why do you need one that is useless and does not digest anything? None of us understood this, although we sometimes used it as storage space. But... It seems that now I seem to be starting to understand only now. Maybe this second stomach was just needed to store those with whom the nagas share bonds? So that they are always with them and always safe? With these assumptions, the same butterfly landed on Luzu’s head, thereby confirming his theory. So he was right. — So Tails and Shadow also had a bond? Shadow then fell in love with him, as he told me. says Fiona, bringing up an interesting topic. — Not really! Previously, Shadow, even before he first met that same Tails, sometimes found other animals and simply killed them and only brought me all sorts of dead meat. — While Luz was telling all this, Fiona covered her mouth and gasped, afraid for her son, that Shadow almost killed her son. — He could have done the same thing to him if the butterfly hadn’t sat on his hand and dissuaded him from doing it. Your Tails... He's... A normal fox. It's Shadow who sometimes behaves strangely. He either wants to find a girlfriend or a boyfriend for the future. It seems to me that he is more of a cross between these and normal, like... Like... — Bi relationship? — Fiona asks smiling. — Who? — Bucket didn’t understand. — We humans and Mobians have such a concept of words. Bi relationship. Or just Bi. This is usually what we call people and Mobians, who, regardless of what gender they are, can love both a member of their own sex and the opposite one. But even such characters can also be called normal. I'm sure Shadow is not only a good and best friend not only for you, Luz, but also for Tails. And even if he is his boyfriend, I won’t have anything against it. After all, my son has found himself such a great protector who can be trusted in everything. And if he still has his own girlfriend, then let them remain friends. — Ugh! You take everything so calmly. — the scorpion answers, smiling slyly and lowering his palm down, allowing the fox to descend onto the grass. She continued to say: — Certainly. In general, I am very kind and always so honest, even despite the fact that many in my village were all afraid of me. — Seriously? Oh, Fiona, tell me, how did you live like this? Since everyone was afraid of you? — asked the scorpion. The fox could not refuse him this and began to explain: — You see, Bucket. A long time ago I lived in a kingdom with a king. Then his father still ruled. In general, you already know about your mother and the inheritance, but not everyone knows about my father. Basically I went all in on it. My mother wanted me to grow up to be as kind and honest as she was, but my father was completely the opposite of her, he was angry, rude and always intimidated everyone even with his appearance. He hoped that I would become just like him when I grew up. — going to the tree and holding it, walking around, she continued the story: — Mom didn’t live long. She died of an aneurysm in a horse barn. After that I never saw her again. My father buried her himself, but did not tell anyone about how she died and asked me not to tell anyone. Because of this, many people thought that my father allegedly killed her and were even more afraid of him. There was also no evidence to support this crime. Since then I lived with my father and he raised me in his own way, so that I would live like him, keeping everyone around me in fear. I have to admit, it was hard for me to live like this. While all the boys and girls were playing and having fun in the streets, at that time I had to stay away from them and sit at home, so as not to scare them even with my appearance, because they thought that I followed in my father’s footsteps and could also kill them all , although I didn’t even have anything like that in my thoughts. But I also just wanted to have fun and play with each of them. But no one understood me and everyone avoided me. And when I entered my thirties, my father decided that it was time for me to start living on my own and, having collected my things, he took me to the street so that I could go wandering and find myself a new home. By that time, I had heard that my relatives, whom I told you about, used to live in this village where I now live. However, once inside, I found no one except pets and vegetable gardens. Everything was abandoned. I immediately realized that perhaps they also died or disappeared somewhere and would never return. I then stayed to live in the house and wrote letters to my father every month. By that time, my father had also moved and now lives in another city, but neither he nor I are thinking of coming to visit each other. — But why? — I do not know? Maybe because I’m not in the mood, and he probably doesn’t remember me anymore. — Fiona suggested and sighed sadly. Then she quickly calmed down and continued the story: — And when rumors spread throughout the village that I allegedly killed all my relatives, everyone began to run away from me and were afraid that my soul felt even worse. I even thought that I would probably die of loneliness, all alone, without family, without friends and without communication with anyone... But... Then one day Tails appeared... I immediately fell in love with him, not despite the fact that he was not like the other foxes, even with two tails... True, at first I left advertisements in the village and forest that I had found a baby with two tails and was expecting his real parents. By the way, I didn’t know then that it was you who killed them. — she said this not out of anger, but rather as a joke, and Luz took it with offense and lowered his head. Fiona noticed his sour expression and realized that she probably shouldn’t have said that. Approaching the naga scorpion, she hugged his stomach and stroked him in order to somehow calm him down and thereby say that she did not want to offend him like that. Then she continued the story: — But I didn’t know about it then. I waited for a long time, but Tails’ parents, or Miles, as they used to call him, were still not there. Then I firmly decided that I would keep him and be his mother myself. Moreover, if it weren’t for him, I probably would have gone crazy from loneliness long ago and... I probably would have died. And so, at least my life became a little better. I had someone to talk to, someone to play with, and someone to eat with. And the fact that everyone in the village was afraid of me, I even used it well for my benefit, so that no one would offend or mock my Tails. It actually worked well. Nobody pestered him. Well, at least one bully got going after all. His name was Ketchum. He often teased him for his two tails, to which he was offended and then ran to me in tears to complain. I calmed him down, and then I tracked down this Ketchum myself, broke into his house and threatened him that I would kill him and his parents if he even dared to offend my son one more time. After that he didn't bother him anymore. I don't even understand why he didn't just complain to his parents a long time ago so they complained to the mayor and used it to drive me away? Anyway! And I’m telling you all this, Luz, for a reason. I want you to understand for yourself. It doesn't matter who or what anyone thinks about you. If you consider yourself good and don’t want to be bad, then you will remain good, even despite the fact that many people consider you bad. I didn’t care what or who thought about me and I simply skillfully used it for noble purposes. If someone is afraid of you, let them be afraid of themselves. This is their problem, not yours. Do you understand, Luz? Scorpio changed his sad face to a cheerful one and lightly grabbed Fiona's hands with his thumb and forefinger. A butterfly flew between them, sat on their hands for five seconds, and then flew away. The fox and the naga followed the butterflies with their gazes, and then Fiona said: — You and I are so similar, Luz. We are like two freaks in the world of beauty, whom no one accepts into their society and the only ones who understand each other, because we have the same scars. Deep down, you and I are kindred spirits. But it shouldn’t matter to us what people and Mobians say or think about you and me. Then Fiona closed her eyes for a second and sang: ♪ Days pass, years fly by, ♪ ♪ Everyone sees you as just a monster... ♪ — Wh... Why are you singing? — Luz asked, not understanding, and she continued to sing. ♪ And you are alone. In your soul and eyes, ♪ ♪ These tears, these wounds... ♪ Letting go of the naga's fingers, she approaches his head, which is lowered to the ground, and lightly takes his cheeks with her palms. ♪ But don't look, don't look around, ♪ ♪ Stay as you are ♪ ♪ Be yourself. ♪ Not understanding why, but Luz also picked up the melody by ear and also began to sing: ♪ The whole world is illuminated by your eyes, ♪ ♪ If love lives in the heart. ♪ Fiona smiles at him and stands on a stump, continuing to sing and at the same time looking. ♪ Don't listen, don't listen to anyone's opinions, ♪ ♪ Stay as you are ♪ ♪ Be yourself. ♪ — Yes, I understand, after all... — said Luz, coughed a couple of times into his fist, picked up the fox in his palm, picked it up and also sang: ♪ And sorry, sorry for the moralizing, ♪ ♪ Because love lives in your heart. ♪ When Luz finished singing the last word, Fiona looked at the full moon in the sky and continued singing: ♪ I've read all the fairy tales about love, ♪ ♪ But there are also many stories in life... ♪ Then Luz himself, looking first at the moon, and then looking at Fiona, sang: ♪ Don't rush, wait, you'll see - ♪ ♪ Everything will happen, but not right away. ♪ He sits it on his head, and it rolls down the scorpion’s back and tail, like a child on a slide. Luz raised his tail, making a springboard and throwing her up. The fox landed on a fallen log and danced on it, continuing to sing: ♪ Don't look, don't look around, ♪ ♪ Stay as you are ♪ ♪ Be yourself. ♪ ♪ The whole world is illuminated by your eyes, ♪ ♪ If love lives in the heart. ♪ Luz crawls up to her and lies down on the ground, placing her palms on her cheeks and watching her dance and sing wonderfully: ♪ Don't listen, don't listen to anyone's opinions, ♪ ♪ Stay as you are ♪ ♪ Be yourself. ♪ ♪ And sorry, sorry for the moralizing, ♪ ♪ Because love lives in your heart. ♪ Then she pauses and says: — I know now is not the time for musicals and songs, but I just decided that now is such a romantic moment between you and me, why not? — Do you like the song itself? — Very much, Fiona. — the scorpion agreed and took the fox in both hands. — You're right, we really are alike. And I probably don’t need anyone but you. — You see. I told you. — the red fox says, smiling. Scorpio puts the fox on the ground and she finishes singing: ♪ Don't look, don't look around, ♪ ♪ Stay as you are ♪ ♪ Be yourself. ♪ Luz also sings: ♪ The whole world is illuminated by your eyes, ♪ ♪ If love lives in the heart. ♪ Then they both take each other’s hands again and spin around in place, simultaneously singing: ♪ Don't listen, don't listen to anyone's opinions, ♪ ♪ Stay as you are ♪ ♪ Be yourself. ♪ ♪ And sorry, sorry for the moralizing, ♪ ♪ After all, love lives in your heart. ♪ When the melody and song ended, they both fell to the ground, laughing and catching their breath, looking at the beautiful stars with the moon in the sky. — I love you, Fiona. — I know, Luz. I love you too. With these words, they continued to look at the sky, lying on the ground, with their hands behind their heads.

***

      And at this time, Shadow and Tails at the striped naga's house put Wander and Sylvia on the bed, covered them with scarves instead of blankets and gave one whole and large cup of tea for two. Sami the striped naga sat on the stone table in front of them, and the two-tailed sil sat on his tail, as if on his lap. — So your universe is destroyed and we won’t be able to bring you back? — Shadow asks, looking at his ring for moving between worlds. It seems that he looked through all the worlds, but they were already occupied by other such alternative Wander and Sylvias. This means it is useless to search for their world. — What to do now? — Or maybe we can leave them in our world? Let them at least live in our world. And if these Nazi agents from a certain nation dare to come here and find them, then we will protect them from these persecutors. — Tails suggested. — Okay, we agree. In general, I don't mind living at least on this planet in this universe. — Wander answers, taking a sip of some tea. — Answer for yourself! Maybe I really don’t want to stay here. If these bastards destroyed our universe, they will pay dearly for it. I will take revenge on them all. — Sylvia says confidently, clenching her left fist and standing up, but immediately losing her strength, she fell on her hands. — Syl, be careful! Don't waste your energy in vain! — the red-haired dwarf answers her. — Do you want to commit murder to take revenge? — Tails asks. — Certainly. What's wrong with that? — Zbornak did not understand and the two-tailed one flew closer to her, stood in front of her muzzle and began to explain: — Then I’ll tell you what will happen! You will kill these people who destroyed your world and thereby take revenge on them. But your mental pain will not die along with their deaths, but will only intensify. — the fox answers, clenching his right hand into a fist for example. — And then at night you will continue to look for one victim after another. Until one terrible morning you wake up and realize that “Revenge” has become the meaning of your life... And so unnoticed!... And so unexpectedly! — It seems like someone has experienced something similar. — the red-haired dwarf in the hat answers, smiling. — You, too, were losing your universe. — No, my parents died when I was still a baby. They were killed by a huge naga that looked like a scorpion. He used to be bad, he was a scoundrel, a real beast. He killed them, and then once upon a time he tried to eat me more than once. When I found out that he killed my parents, I was so angry and wanted to kill him. I wanted to take revenge on him for my mom and dad. But I couldn’t do this, because my friend Shadow needed him alive so that he could re-educate him and put him on the right path. When we returned home, we mistakenly found ourselves in an alternative world, similar to ours, but more evil and scary. An alternative double of this naga ruled there. In order to save this very world, I had to kill this naga, not only to save his world, but also to quench my inner thirst for revenge at the same time. I thought that after I killed him, my soul would feel better. But I read it... It didn't help me. My heart only got worse. The ghost of this alternative scorponag has not left me alone for days now. And at night I even see nightmares about how he comes to me, this time to take revenge on me for himself and eats me, and I can’t do anything to oppose him. Even though I am physically fit and combative... And I am quite capable of standing up for myself. My revenge remained inside me. Even now it torments me, even though I try to restrain it. Especially when this same naga is nearby. — What happened to him in the end? — asked Sylvia. Tails was silent for a minute, sighed and said: — He corrected himself... We were able to change him and guide him on the right path, after which he became our friend. — Yes! — Wander said cheerfully, raising his fists up. — I knew, I knew that you would eventually become friends. After all, I always said that an enemy is a friend with whom you have not yet become friends. — No, just the opposite. An enemy is just that, an enemy. A villain who never wants to be friends with anyone and who doesn't care about any of this. — Shadow answers. — And besides, we were just lucky that Luz reformed and came over to our side. We trust him and support him, although personally, sometimes it still seems to me that he is somehow suspicious. However, I try not to show this in front of him, because it upsets him and he worries that everyone hates him and looks at him suspiciously, although he has changed. — said the fox. — But... But the enemy is... — Wander, maybe stop being so naive? — Zbornak grumbled at her friend. — But, Syl! — He sadly raised his big eyes to her. — Is he always like this? — the snake-hedgehog asked about the dwarf. — Unfortunately yes. — Sylvia snorted. — And no matter how many times I lament him for this, he never listens to me and starts doing the old thing again. He always thinks that all enemies can be re-educated and made friends with them. — But, Syl. If they succeeded with Luz, then it would have worked for the rest of us too. — Wander stood his ground, but Tails argued with him: — No. We were just lucky with Luz. After all, before that he was very stubborn and refused to even listen to us. It was absolutely impossible to reach him. After all, in fact, he could have remained that same incorrigible naked. So... — Tails didn’t want to upset him, but he had to. He sighed heavily and approached him, put his palms on the red-haired dwarf’s shoulders and said: — Sorry, Here-and-There, but your theory is naive and stupid. She's not the least bit believable. None of the villains will be re-educated so easily and immediately and will ever become good-natured. This is the nature of the balance of good and evil. Heroes and villains are not born, but only become them. Some are possible due to circumstances, and some are by choice. I myself am Tails, and Miles, and a naga hunter, and even a peacemaker. But I am all of these four personalities not due to circumstances, but by my own choice. — he said proudly, standing straight and raising his head to the top. — Sylvia also changed by her own choice when I wanted to be friends with her. You don't understand anything about the meaning of friendship. — Wander instructed her and could barely hold back tears because they continued to argue with him. Tails knelt in front of the dwarf and said: — Just the opposite, we understand. Friendship is a complex thing that defies politicians and nature. It depends on chance. And any friendship, besides, sooner or later can end and someone will want to stop being friends with you. friendship is not eternal and acts by chance. It’s like, for example, when you open a box of chocolates with different flavors and don’t know what filling you’ll get. If you continue to stand your ground and be naive, then this is your problem, not ours. — LIE!!! I DO NOT TRUST YOU!!! — he shouted at the fox and ran up to him and began hitting him on the chest with his fists. However, the fox calmly stood on his knees, and any blow from the weirdo was like an ordinary finger poke for him. When he let off steam in the fight, he hugged the two-tailed man and cried. — Everything is fine! Cry! You will immediately feel better. You need to humble yourself and accept this harsh reality! — he tells him, patting him on the head. The red monkey in the hat cried for a very long time, about five minutes. Then the tears ended and he stopped crying, and then walked away, wiping the remaining tears and said: — Thank you, Tails, it’s already easier. I think you're right. Sylvia's eyes widened, not believing what she was hearing. She turned to the two-tailed man and asked: — But how?... How did you do it? I myself tried for a long time to talk to him about this topic, but he didn’t care. — You didn’t try to explain to him correctly and didn’t listen correctly. I know from my own experience when... — When that? — Zbornak didn’t understand. Tails was silent for a minute and then replied: — When... Shadow and I quarreled in one of the worlds and I wanted to return home... How now I remember this and... Children!... — in his last words he remembered the children themselves Sammy, Benny, Nelly, second to myself and about Tiny. How long had it been since he and Shadow had flown to them and visited them? — Tails... Are you... Are you okay? — the striped naga became worried and lightly poked the back of his head with his right index claw. — A! Yes, Shadow. It’s just that I still remembered in that world how I met those children, and then you with them. Do you remember them? Shadow, understanding what he was talking about, also remembered those events and these same children from there. Their memories were immediately interrupted by a man riding up on a black horse. He got off her and handed the package to the striped snake hedgehog, saying: — A messenger from King Merlin! Message for Tails and Shadow! Tails descended on his tails, took the package, unfolded it and read it, after which he said: — King Merlin has discovered an impostor posing as Luz Bucket and our real Luz Bucket is in danger. He urgently asks us to come to his palace. — Then what are we waiting for? Went! — Shadow smiled, raising his left fist. — What about us? — asked Wander. — Yes, can we go with you? — asked Sylvia. — No no. — Tails denied, sitting on Shadow's shoulder. — Better stay and wait for our return! It was useless to argue with the fox and the naga, and the wanderers remained. Tails and Shadow crawled after the messenger into the palace. At this time, the impostor himself was hiding behind the trees and watching them. Taking out his scanner on his wristwatch, he quietly scanned the two and the scanner showed him hologram models of their bodies, DNA and other descriptions. Thus, he realized that these were the same original travelers between worlds that they had been looking for for so long. Scorpio-naga smiles sarcastically and says to himself: — Gotcha!