Enter confusion here. Knuckles blinked, trying to think of whether he had seen the bat before. She looked older than him, and others rarely set foot near the Emerald (especially if they knew what was good for them). Was she a friend of Sonic's? No way; he would have mentioned her at least, wouldn't he? On the other hand, he and Sonic still hadn't really talked much.

He mentally shook himself, finally managing to do more than look at the girl as though she had mistaken him from someone else. "Do I know you?" he managed.