[Hey, ho, hello there - why is this purple lady running at him with her claws out? Why is she purple and why does she have claws?

These are mysteries the solutions to which we may never know.

Knuckles, deft leaper that he is, jumped to the side in time to let her sprint past.]

Geeze, lady - No runnin' in the hallway. You wanna knock into someone with those things? You'll put somebody's eye out.