[spirit_queen]

Charlie laughed after a minute. "No, no, I'm fine; I've taken worse than that, though it's been a while..."

Tails cleared his throat. "there's something you need to know about the 'robbery', Charlie; the Master Emerald is Knuckles' responsibility."

"what?"

"Knuckles' is it's guardian; all he wanted to do was get it back, though he didn't do a good job of it." Tails said.