Ineffable

If only he had not let his ego get in his way, if only he had listened to Tails better, if only he was the one who died, if only...
If only he realised that he had long fallen in love with the blue Hedgehog.

A single tear slid down his face.

It had been a decade since Sonic's death. 10 years since the beginning of Eggman's successful conquest of the world.