[Sonic blinks, briefly, when Metal doesn't immediately launch into a fight; it's about the only modicum of surprise that the metal doppelganger gets out of Sonic before the blue blur starts to laugh in earnest, the sound bright and unrestrained.]

You could've fooled me! Can't say you're making a show about being sad about all of this, and people don't just keep doing the same thing for no reason, you know?

[Seeing as he isn't getting his ass beaten, though, Sonic chances a few steps closer towards the fire with a piece of paper in one hand and a pencil in the other, whistling at the fire with idle attention, though he glances at Metal for a moment after.]

But alright, alright, I'll bite; what are you doing this for, huh?