Sonic
Whoa, look at all this stuff. This was more than just a military base or a lab. It was a home. People lived here. [finds a framed photo of Shadow and Maria with the glass broken] He had a family.
Ivo
Is that what I smell? The stench of domestic harmony?
Sonic
You ever wonder what your life would've been like if you had a family?
Ivo
Hm... no.
Sonic
Maybe you wouldn't have gone full supervillain.
Ivo
I have no parents, no aunts, no uncles, and something about my attitude renders me... [looks at his reflection] ...undesirable to all possible genders. [Sonic follows a trail of footprints leading into the next room while Robotnik continues.] My future is a cul-de-sac. The Robotnik name ends... [pulls out Sonic's quill] ...avec moi. Yes, I know French. [shocks his tongue again]
Sonic
Whoa, is this where you grew up, Shadow? No wonder you're so mad. This place could really use a beanbag chair and some comic books. What happened here?
Shadow
I'm tired of giving you warnings! [throws Sonic against the lab's machinery and charges a Chaos energy-infused punch, knocking Sonic out again.]
Sonic
AH!
Ivo
Where'd you go, hedgehog? I wasn't finished trauma-dumping. [looks around the room, he finds his drones neatly stacked and inactive.] My... darlings! [hugs his drones] My eggy-weggies!
♪ Memories... light the corners of my mind... misty watercolor memories... ♪ [walks into view, Ivo discovers that he bears a striking resemblance to him.] ♪ ...of the way we were... n't! ♪
Ivo
I... don't believe it.
Don't you?
Ivo
It's impossible.
Is it?
Ivo
It couldn't be.
Couldn't it?
Ivo
I'm...
Are you?
Ivo
Imposter! You stole my babies! [activates his drones via his glove] They know who their real daddy is, drone-napper!
Magnificent creations, my boy. I borrowed them to lure you here and reunite our family. You see, Ivo. [removes glasses] I'm your grandfather: Gerald Robotnik.
Ivo
My... grandfather? But how? And why? And who did what with whom?!
Professor Gerald Robotnik
You hail from an ancestry of excellence, tied directly à moi. Yes, I know French.
Ivo
You do look like me. But fatter, and older. And there's that funny smell. But the resemblance is uncanny. It's as if...
We're two characters in a movie [slowly turning to the camera] being played by the same actor!
Ivo
But I need real proof!
Gerald
Ivo! We have very little time. [commands a drone via his glove to shoot at Gerald's feet. Gerald hops over the bullet and immediately reconsiders] But I could field a couple of queries.
Ivo
Name the most elegant formula in mathematics.
Gerald
Euler's identity: e to the i times pi plus one equals zilch.
Ivo
European capitals arranged alphabetically by the fourth letter.
Gerald
Riga, Monaco, Sarajevo, Tirana.
Ivo
The speed of light divided by the speed of sound divided by the speed of the bus in the movie Speed.
Gerald
17,893.33333...
Ivo
Rounding up.
Gerald
17,893 mph.
Ivo
And, for all the marbles...
Gerald
Good, I lost mine.
Ivo
A rare lung disease, and the longest word in the English dictionary.
Gerald
Em...
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis!
Ivo
Pop-Pop?
Gerald
In the saggy flesh. But lookin' pretty good for 110. [shocks his tongue on Shadow's quill]
Ivo
Oh, Grampy-poo! [hugs Gerald] Where have you been my entire life? [pulls back] Wait. [angrily] Where have you been... my ENTIRE LIFE?!
Gerald
Locked in a top-secret prison for the last 50 years. Made it kinda hard to send Christmas cards. Now, you're probably wondering why I brought you here.
Ivo
You didn't bring me here. I used my unparalleled intellect to track you down.
Gerald
Per the plan I concocted with my unparalleled intellect. You'll see. I have the answer to everything. C'mon, kiddo.
[Ivo follows Gerald with a skip in his step. Behind them, the drones form hearts in their optics.]
