#also this isnt the only time sonic praised nine for a difference with tails

[rosemaryreality]

Underrated Sonic & Nine moment

So i was rewatching Sonic Prime, specifically episode 7, when i took notice of a scene that i kind of didn't pay much attention to in first watch, what with everything that happened during and after that same episode.

Sonic and Nine are escaping from the CC when they find the place Nine's ship is at, Nine doesn't hesitate after seeing the guards, he sneaks his way close to them, and he takes care of them with his Tails. It was awesome.

What looked more interesting to me this time watching, however, was Sonic's reaction.

Maybe it's just me, but once Nine goes to attack the robots, Sonic looks a little confused.

It's after Nine jumps over the ship, behind the robots, that Sonic seems to understand Nine's plan. Then...

He smiles, and once again i could be interpreting this wrong, but he looks sort of impressed? Like, he wasn't expecting that Nine would do that but he seems happy for it either way.

Finally...

He tells Nine that he's full of surprises, and i can't describe his face as anything but fond.

But the best part about this is the context. See, i think the reason why Sonic was surprised was because that's not something he would expect out of Tails.

Now, sadly we don't really see *that* much from Tails, but we do get to see him in battle two times.

The first one is during the fight were Sonic fell for Eggman's trap, on this one, Tails is only seen in the Tornado. Now, this is a common sight, while the plane might be technically Sonic's, it is Tails that uses it more often. Now this by itself wouldn't tell us much, Tails fighting in the Tornado is normal, and there's no reason why he wouldn't use it.

No, what is interesting, is the other example of Tails fighting.

In this fight, we see that Tails fights using some sort of machine he created, the way it works he can shoot at badniks from afar, this way he can fight while keeping his distance from the enemy.

The way Tails fights here, it seems he prefers not getting close during a fight.

That was why Sonic was perplexed by Nine's actions, Tails's (probably) wouldn't have chosen to get close to the robots like that.

And that's what makes this moment even more sweet. Here we have Sonic witnessing one of the ways Nine and Tails are different, and feeling impressed by it! telling him he's full of surprises with a fond expression! Nine and Tails being different was presented as something nice!

This gives me hope that maybe at some point Sonic will tell Nine that he cares about him beyond Tails, that he has good qualities separate from him that Sonic admires, that under the projection and misunderstandings, Sonic and Nine did have a genuine bond.