[Thanks to Sonic's inability to keep his mouth shut, Eggman knew that Tails had washed up in this world. Which, honestly, didn't much concern him. Eggman had already planned contingencies for any technologically savvy people who might seek to pry into his work.]

[Which is why Eggman doesn't seem particularly perturbed when Tails comes knocking.]

[When he opens the door, the larger, rotund man simply looms, grinning down at Tails. It's seldom that he and the two-tailed mongrel are left alone with one another. He would have assumed Sonic would be here. But since Shadow so helpfully offered to oversee the process of his Radniks, he assumes Shadow is also somewhere. Skulking.]

Audited, eh? I don't believe you have the necessary credentials to perform such a service, and you and I both know the only taxes I collect are paid in blood.

I assume you're here to inspect my workspace on behalf of the two idiot hedgehogs.

[And then, much louder.]

Come now, Shadow. You're not planning on letting the child into my workspace unsupervised, are you? Aren't there laws about that somewhere?