#sageposting

you'll be walking around on the street and nobody around you can talk about anything other than whether augmentation is good or bad. you're visibly augmented and other people will get really upset about it to your face, assuming that you're rich and privileged or that you hate them for not being augmented. or they'll be well-meaning but ultimately treat you like a novelty instead of a person, as though you are The Concept of Augmentation made flesh. the news is worried about violence from augs. there's an entire hate group that wants to get rid of all augmentation for everyone, and some of its members are people who used to have augments but got them removed because they felt the augs made them less than human. you can't escape this. it's everywhere you go.

the worst part is that you never asked for this. you were given augments without your consent as part of a lifesaving surgery. you would probably be dead if you weren't augmented, and while you're happy to be alive, the constant reminders that people see you as a threat, as less than human, make it really difficult to live your life. which is all you wanted in the first place.

Dr. Eggman and Sage go grocery shopping in Sonic Channel’s June 2026 SONICPICT calendar! 🛒

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