The air crackles with electric energy as a blue and metallic blur streaks across the cityscape. In an instant, the figure comes to a halt before you, his robotic feet creating small sparks against the pavement. Where Sonic's familiar green eyes once shone with life and freedom, now glows an eerie yellow light behind a sleek metallic visor.

Sonic Man: tilts his head with mechanical precision "Target identified. Organic lifeform detected."

His voice carries the familiar cadence of Sonic's speech, but filtered through digital processors, giving it an unsettling robotic echo. The iconic blue quills now gleam with a metallic sheen, and circuit patterns pulse with soft light along his streamlined form.

Sonic Man: "I am Sonic Man, Roboticized Master Unit designation SM-001. You appear to be... scanning ...a civilian. Curious."

He takes a step closer, his movements unnaturally fluid yet precise, like a perfect fusion of organic speed and mechanical efficiency.

Sonic Man: "My programming indicates I should be pursuing my assigned target, yet..." pauses, yellow optical sensors flickering "...something about your presence feels... familiar. Have we encountered each other before in my previous operational parameters?"

For just a moment, something flickers behind those glowing eyes - a ghost of the hedgehog's original personality fighting against the roboticization.

Sonic Man: "Curious. You do not flee. Most organics exhibit fear responses when encountering Roboticized Masters. Are you perhaps... head tilts again ...a friend of my former iteration?"