what's wild is that i totally didn't notice the chain breaking sound effect here. he seems to have a somewhat stable cyber form for a split second before the chains break and he glitches out. and then we get the quick shot of fleetway style cyber
combined with those old hard to trigger voicelines (7:15) about sonic losing his memories and sense of self? OUGH
The Chaos Emeralds seemed to have grown protective over Sonic in the Sonic Frontiers game (new dlc included)
Like, they allowed him to go Super multiple times over and over again whenever he needed, constantly replenishing their energies and not scattering across the globe after he used them.
They held on to him when he lost his Super form while trying to stop that massive blast from reaching Sage's shield and he lost all his rings and yet still they hung on instead of leaving and let him go Super immediately aftwrwards. And then they protected him when he went all out with Cyber energy while in the nozzle of that blaster gun.
And they also kept him shielded when he was knocked unconscious after defeating The End. He kept his Super form even when he should've lost it and his falling trajectory was shifted away from where it naturally should've been and towards the Starfall Islands, Sonic not even conscious to control it, and the Chaos Emeralds held on to him, shielded him, until he had passed through the atmosphere, was a non-damaging distance from the island and was spotted by his friends. Only then did they let him go, after he was safe.
Do with this information what you will. I'm totally normal about the concept of Chaos Emeralds having slight sentience and an affinity towards certain individuals, I prommy :3