[Miranda_]

Knuckles turned to Rouge. "I don't care about math; in any case, I'm not about to share my answers even if I did care. As for Eggman's announcement, who cares? I'd love it if he sent me back to the hostel. I wouldn't bother to come back after, of course."

Silver managed a smile. "Thanks, Blaze," he said. "At least I can always count on you." He started to eat his lunch as he was really hungry. In between eating, he said, "Vector was waiting for me when I got to school; doesn't matter how early I get here, he always gets here first. It's not fair."