The Truth of 1000 Years Ago

"Terion…Silver—whatever your name is…why did you show me this?"

"…"

"You could've lied. Just not told me anything."

"But someone would have to, sooner or later, and you can’t claim that you never wanted to know. Did it never seem odd to you that the first five years of your life were a complete blank, or even that you had an archaic name? I swear…perceptive as you are, you miss the strangest things."

—

I was trying to reconcile the original back story I had in mind for Boom!Sonic with him being a loner, and also thinking about Lyric’s strange recognition of Sonic and the possibility of time travel (and thus a time loop).

And then I wondered, “What if Boom!Sonic was actually from the distant past and he and some other folks were sent to the future in a last-ditch attempt to spare them the fate of their tribe, only for everyone but him to die soon after, and it was so traumatic that he suppressed those memories?” Because I’m horrible.

(I haven’t figured out what Sonic’s full name would be, but it would be in a format that’s not used on Mobius anymore, like [Region] [Tribe] [Given Name].)