{Setting: Sol Dimension, Alphastar Canyon/Prosper City, Flufftail Hotel} Kaylee: GAH! *sits up from her bed in shock and looks around. She's back in the bedroom* ...what...? What just...why that moment...?...*sigh* Ever since Mephiles left I've been getting nothing but questions and no answers!! Mephiles: So you want answers? Kaylee: *ears lift up and her tail wags* Mephiles?! Where- Mephiles: *rolls his eyes* Under the pillow Kaylee: Um...O_e *moves pillow away to find the purple emerald* Uh...you're the emerald? *picks it up* Mephiles: *voice gets stern in annoyance. She was dull-headed sometimes* No, I'm in another dimension. I'm talking to you through the emerald. Kaylee: Um...okay...wait why are you in another dimension? Mephiles: *explains how he was defeated and lied about how Elise blew out the flame. Since Silver was still around to stop him, that meant Kaylee hadn't ended him. If that was true, then she shouldn't know Iblis was still out there too* I foresaw my defeat. Whether I liked it or not, it saved me. I was able to slip through a crack of time before Solaris was erased from existence. Kaylee: Oh...so time was reversed? That sure explains the new city and Silver seeming to have no memory of what happened... Mephiles: Correct. Kaylee: Yeah...um...hey Mephiles? Mephiles: Hm? Kaylee: Why did we try to kill Silver and Venice anyway? Mephiles: It doesn't matter, truth be told we were fighting a useless fight... Kaylee: Uh...Okay..?..but... Mephiles: Is this about your dream? Kaylee: How did you- Mephiles: I did that on purpose. I inflicted that dream on you. Since my plans were futile it doesn't matter much anymore. I thought it'd be best to tell you now. *lies once again--he had planned never to tell her, but his original plans didn't matter now* Kaylee: What...? Mephiles: I made you aware you weren't my child correct? Kaylee: ...yes...? Mephiles: Kaylee, you felt a feeling in that dream, what was it? Kaylee: You mean when I latched onto Venice? Well...it felt...warm and I just felt...sort of safe...and all it was oddly familiar... like- wait...what does this have to do with any-...no...he's not... Mephiles: Yes, Venice was your father, Kaylee. Kaylee: O_O
Kaylee: No...that's impossible! I'm full blooded- Mephiles: You're a hedgehog and Collie Hybrid. Kaylee: ...why...why me...why me to help you then...? Mephiles: *thinks for a second. He couldn't let her in on his villainous nature entirely or this connection might be lost. Instead, he decided to give her a new answer* I saw potential. *after saying it, he realized his voice sounded genuine, even to him* Kaylee: SO YOU MADE ME HELP YOU KILL MY FATHER?! Mephiles: *pauses for a second* Technically that never happened. Kaylee: ...I mean...yeah...but then where is he in this time? Mephiles: *realizes this might be a tool he could exploit in the future, but couldn't today. Not in another dimension. Not yet. He may not know where he is, but he certainly isn't going to tell her that** That's....a story for another time. Kaylee: I just-...I don't get it...I mean- does that mean...Silver's my- Mephiles: Half-Brother. Same Father, different mother...but in this time line, Venice never met your mother Kaylee: So...I'm not even supposed to exist? Mephiles: No, but you remain due to the fact you're unaffected by changes in time. Kaylee: Well great...*wipes eyes* I guess now I don't even have a family! Mephiles: *normally, Mephiles would enjoy others' pain. But something stopped his own silence. All those times he lectured her, when he taught her how to fight, when he brought her food and put her to bed...it was all the care that humanity never showed him. He didn't want to believe it, but he didn't want to cause Kaylee pain. And before he could stop himself, he decided he didn't plan to* Not true. Kaylee: But you just said- Mephiles: No matter how time changes, you will always have Venice's blood. You still have Silver. Kaylee: But...does it really matter? Mephiles: That depends on you. Kaylee: ...what happened to my mom? Mephiles: *chooses to lie once again, but this time out of a hint of hesitation*...She died when you were little. Kaylee: Ah...okay...and Mephiles? Mephiles: Yes? Kaylee:...Thanks for telling me... Mephiles: ...It's nothing child-*sees Ruby waking up* -and for now our ways must part. Kaylee: ...o-okay...bye...? Mephiles: Yes. Bye. *drops his emerald, effectively cutting the connection between the emeralds short* Ruby: *rubs her eyes* Who were you talking to, Allister? Mephiles: ...No one.
