#also fun fact: Silver taught me what 'sitrep' means

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Personal headcanon that Espios' abrasive and dismissive attitude towards Knuckles comes from the Classic days where Knuckles was the leader of the Chaotix. It's not set in stone WHAT happened as I change it from time to time, but it always links back to that period.

It's funny, because Knuckles' Chaotix is just not on my radar at all, haha. The only thing I know about it is that the Espio of that time apparently liked camping, he had to occasionally be reminded of his manners by the much more polite Charmy, and Charmy was 16 or something? XD

Though, afaik the Modern Chaotix are reimagined from their Classic self and they aren't supposed to be the exact same characters. So I'm not sure if it can be argued they met Knuckles in the way they did in Chaotix, alas! But on the other hand, the idea of Espio's nerves just getting SO frayed by Knuckles' leadership that it evolved into a completely one-sided rivalry that's still going strong after like 4 years is definitely funny to me XD Makes you wonder about how things went in Forces with Knuckles becoming the Commander of the whole Resistance!