#alsooo he probably eats some of them teehee

[egg-emperor]

If it weren't for Sonic rescuing them, do you think that the cute lil animals that Eggman traps in robots as battery slaves, would eventually perish due to their life forces being drained dry(or starvation/dehydration whichever comes first)?

You know that's exactly what I was getting at a little bit fhjhksfnkjfgndsg It's just way too easy to take discussion of this to dark places and it makes sense because it is a lot more messed up for Eggman to do in the first place than meets the eye to a lot of people! Thank you for encouraging me to talk about it lol, I want to but I'm never sure if anyone else does, so I appreciate it.

The robots aren't known to be built with anything that could actually help keep the animals alive in there, there aren't apparent ways for them to eat or drink while trapped and it would increase the chances of them being able to find an escape, so it wouldn't be ideal. He wouldn't care to tend to them to keep them alive and the robots are mass produced, so it would be too many anyway.

And he just has them built and then sends them out to fight, not caring if they're in danger or destroyed. They're also at high risk of other things going wrong while in there and getting hurt if their robot shells are destroyed, which he doesn't appear to care to consider. So they're just lucky that Sonic is gentle as he can be when it comes to breaking the robots shells open to free them.

And there's the possibility that it could drain them of all their energy until they've got nothing left and perish that way, if Sonic didn't save them in time or dehydration and starvation don't get to them first. They're nothing but tools and batteries to Eggman and batteries have a time limit and eventually run out. And just like batteries, he can easily replace them when they do.

He only acknowledges their condition when they aren't up to his standards before using them like in Lost World, as they need to be decent for their lives to work efficiently as batteries in the first place. But he even tossed animals he was going to use in the intro, so he's willing to let them fall to their doom even when they were fine too, as there are tons more he can use.

So yeah once they're inside the robots with enough energy to use up, he wouldn't care about what happens to them as long as they can work and help his robots function for a while, for as long as they need to when Sonic enters and leaves the area. And they can just be replaced with more after when their time is up from whatever come to them, if they don't end up being freed.

Once they're caught, their lives are in Eggman's hands and he uses up every last bit of energy and they'll hopefully serve well for as long as they can survive if they aren't freed and that's it. He has no respect for wildlife and animals just like he doesn't for the rest of nature and the environment. Doesn't matter what it all becomes, as long as they can be useful and there's still a world to rule.