[Sometimes its not about the mouth, its about all the rest. He will observe things until he understands.]

[When people watching is the closest thing you've had to social interaction, trying to figure out how people tick becomes an important interest.]

[He chuckles a bit at the smile.] You don't have to force yourself to smile. I want to learn what your smile looks like.

[Though his expression sombers at that.] Well...there's still new people to learn.

Shadow's newer in my life. But he's pretty important to me already. You always have a chance to have new important people to understand you.

[He shifts things away to make room for the instrument, looking it over with a whistle.] Ooooh, very Hot Topic.

[He stares at the eye.]

[There's a memory at the back of his head, the dream, with far too much meat and green blood-]

[He shakes his head. That's not a now issue, even if that curiosity keeps nagging at him.]

Yeah, don't worry! I'm real careful.

[He reaches out to touch it. He does a test shift and then he nods. Had to be sure it wasn't abnormally heavy, but if its just cast iron and steel?]

[That he can lift.]

[Little guy is A Lot stronger than he looks.]

[He might not lift cars one handed like Knuckles, but he's still got a lot of power in that little body.]