And it's that annoying sense of compassion that seems to be at the root of all that ails you. Sonic spares me time and time again thanks to that compassion and yet the rest of you seem to have enough sense to question it. So why do you trust him?

You cannot admonish my methods in the same breath that you extol his. And if you seek to bring motivation into the equation, there here is a fun little thought experiment for you:

Do you believe Sonic to truly be as selfless as he acts? He could have allowed Shadow to end my threat once and for all like a true "hero." Perhaps his wish isn't that I be rehabilitated...

But that without me his life would be boring?