Sonic Universe (#1-50)

Ahem, to my sweet Shard (and all-time favorite robot):

Your design is so wonderfully badass. Your soul is complex and beautiful, and your personality shines 100 times brighter than your armored exterior. You are a star with both style and the right amount of edginess, but you also know how to be a friend. You always know what to say, proving your sense of humor is peak. When things feel grim, you lighten the mood because you’ve shown us how to have a good time no matter the situation. You charge into battle with both bravery and class, all while never leaving your teammates behind and unprotected. You have more than just intelligence and wit, in fact, you have more humanly wisdom than most grandparents that have lived through history’s darkest days.

Above all else, you are kind. You pull at my heart strings in a unique way. I understand how it must feel to desire having friends, family and recognition for your good deeds. I hoped you would get to experience it all, including love. With all of those conflicting emotions, you still showed the greatest display of selflessness. You sacrificed it all to fight in the shadows, protecting the world and the people you cared about. You did it so they may continue living a life like the one you deserve.

I hope you will be rebuilt one day. And if not, the people you fought for will be told of your heroism. Your memory will live on as Shard, the Freedom Fighter.