[b]"Are you some kind of fool, xenos? Your very existence is an affront to the imperial creed of mankind! I'd sooner be a friend to heretics and renegades!"[/b] 

Sonic smirked at the man called Stern. He was going to have [i]a lot[/i] of fun with him. He'd already found a perfect nickname for him.

"Oh, come on, Girlfriend," the blue hedgehog said, "I just wanna get along, y'know?"

Then a humanoid blue dog approached Sonic, asking if they've met before. The guy sure did look familiar... As he pondered this for a while, a creepy-looking spider guy appeared, talking about some kind of game. It seemed that he was the one who placed everyone in this place-- whatever this place was. After this, an intricate maze replaced the rather dank lounge, and Sonic decided that he had liked the lounge a lot better. He then turned to face the blue dog, answering his question.

"I think we might've met before... I remember fighting a guy like you once. And a fat plumber. And a hot princess. I think we were on these weird floating platforms... Nah, that's crazy. Must've been some dream I had. But anyways, we've met now. I'm Sonic, if ya didn't catch my name before. Do ya think you could tell me yours? Otherwise, I think I'll start calling you Old Bluer, and I don't think you want to associate yourself with that reference."

Sonic then began mulling over what the creepy spider had said. It made no sense, and the hedgehog wanted make some out of it.