"Even better than just watching, you'll be the one doing the hatching." Knuckles explained. "Contact makes the eggs mature faster, and gentle contact always hatches happy Chao -- Ahh! Here we go!"

Inbetween some soft looking tree ferns lay an egg. Like the other Chao eggs, it was gently spotted with blue around the edges and yellow at the top. Knuckles held the fern fronds aside and gestured to it. "It's all yours, Pit."