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INT. SOL PALACE – DAY

A pristine palace with light shining through.

Blaze walks through the palace, observing the art that fills even the air inside.

MARINE (O.S.): Blaze!

Marine runs in the temple holding a handheld monitor.

BLAZE: Marine. What brings you by?

MARINE: Check this out. Ta-da! My own personal handheld. I call her the Para-Marine. Let me show you.

Marine press a button the handheld. The screen boots up.

ZAP The handheld shorts out.

MARINE: Oh. I worked so hard on it.

BLAZE: I’m sure you’ll get it eventually.

Blaze & Marine walk.

BLAZE: (CONT’D) You’re good at water vehicles.

MARINE: I just want to be more of a mechanic like Tails. All of them just blow up in my face.

BLAZE: You will get better. It just takes some… time…

Blaze notices a scuff mark on the wall.

MARINE: But I’ve been going at it for a while now and-

BEAT Blaze runs into the palace.

MARINE: Blaze. (runs) OI! Wait up!