"Sorry - didn't mean to scare you. I just kinda expected you to dodge, is all." Knuckles replied, plopping down on the floor too. The fight was definitely done with by now. His radish lay in a million little bits on the floor as proof of that.

"....don't feel bad." he said. "All that time I spent alone? I spent it learnin' how to fight. Working on becoming as strong as I could. You're just starting out, so, it wasn't a real great match up. I've... uh. Heh. I've lost two sparring matches since coming to this school. I know what it's like."