"What? The Gym stinks, just like Echidnas do?"

He shot her a smirk. Hey, no hard feelings. It wasn't as though Knuckles wasn't used to her somewhat caustic wit. And her reaction to his reaction was a little more somber than he'd expected. He'd assumed she'd just keep teasing. But she didn't.

So, he'd play it where it fell.

"Let me guess... you like fancy coffee, right? Mocha frappe chai latte cappuccino?"

And he could give as good as he got, when he wanted to.