Time to hurt, hardens the heart.

Hopeful to ride out the throes of this grief, Jason flees to the wilderness with his beloved Braixen, only for another wounded man to fall against his breast. Meanwhile, she drags her nose over the scent still imprinted in the earth, lusting after the Lopunny who left that paw print behind.

See me and see through me.

He was born in secret. Then he grew to adulthood, but he had no shape. As a right of passage into their world, he took their offered bodies and as he began to resemble them, he chose that name, Shadow, the deceptive copy. He was destined to be perfect. He was reassured of this, before he emerged as truly complete - he has a purpose. He won't always be this hideous.

Losing her wasn't the hardest part.

Silver offers Whisper a chance to relive a shred of her past, revisiting a night when the Diamond Cutters were still alive.

Dreams, the dying mechanism of memories.

While Tangle tries to invent a special handshake with Whisper as a compensation for intimacy, Amy speaks and Rouge listens.

All for the sake of a good time.

Sometimes, it's nice to be held.

In the cold of Blaze's absence, Silver seems to seek closure. [Sequel to Abyss.]

When cruelty looks like kindness.

Sonic and Amy's idyllic marriage. Vector and Vanilla's struggles as an unorthodox couple. Tails and Cream's growing pains. Rouge's secrets and Shadow's innocence. Blaze and Silver's tentative tragedy. Whisper's clumsy courtship of Tangle. And Knuckles. Scattered scenes about the cost of affection.

Whisper lets go. Tangle catches her. It hurts differently to be together, or alone.

Shadow has a date. Rouge wants it to be perfect.

How could she follow the will of her heart, if it'd split her heart in two?

"Do you still feel safe with me?"

Love is the inevitable downfall.

"I'm empty. I spent it all." Sometimes cowardice looks a lot like courage.

Blaze and Silver investigate a series of murders whilst their lives threaten to unravel.

Because I love you.

Intimacy un-realised.

Friends and family celebrate. They survived.

For him, she'd fight.

They couldn't call it a mistake.

Sometimes, people don't choose.

In the pursuit of pleasure, Rika and Renamon overstep themselves.

Wounded from battle, Po bonds with Tigress on the journey back home. But this closeness is not exclusive to them.

At least they had each other.

The venom on her lips. Their bittersweet end.

Happy or sad.

Sometimes, words themselves are unnecessary.

"Shh. I've got you, sweetheart."

Shadow and Rouge in a coffee shop, mostly.

After reflecting upon her life, she might want a bigger slice.