...I shouldn't be talking about such unpleasant things with you, Tails. I'm sorry. But it...is quite bad, yes. We've been trying to fight them for almost a century now, and...well.

Let us just say I understand the stakes you face very well.

[Dorothy seems surprised, looking at her good hand for a moment once she puts that out there. Something in her expression warms at that, chuckling a touch tiredly.]

It's incredible. How exactly does it work? I'm unfamiliar with a Chaos Emerald, but it must be some sort of impressive power source, I take it? And that it's able to resonate with us and grant us some sort of power...