True, but if his Amy is insane, then it would make sense that His Shadow would at least be more reasonable.

I just wanted to make sure I wasn't about to bad mouth a friend of yours that's all.

But...Well he was friends with Robotnik before he became Robotnik, and he blamed Sonic for the man going insane, so he very nearly destroyed the planet.

(ooc: It counted enough for him not to tell you about the special Zone, but he was looking for an excuse not to tell you about that anyway :p)