Espio gave a short, disbelieving 'ha!' at that - the Emeralds belonged to Knuckles. He only had this one through an accident of Time Compression, and though he had become rather possessive of it, he still ultimately considered it to be Knuckles' property.

It came as no surprise that Shadow didn't know him, but Espio took it as a good sign that he was interested in his identity. "Espio the Chameleon," he answered. "Of the Phoenix Pirates."