.:'Not sure if I'd be able to help much with that.':.

"Well, you can browse around then. I have all sorts of cool machinery you can mess with... just... be careful with the hoverboards, ok?"

.:'Ok?' He wasn't too sure if anything'd interest him, or if it'd be a waste of time to even look around. He pulled up a few holographic screens, typing and messing around with things, experimenting and searching:.

Tails opened up the Tornado's side hatch, and as he worked, he thought back to the hoverboard incident...

"Knuckles! Please be careful! It's still a prototype!" Tails shouted.
"Yeah yeah, I know," the echidna replied, fitting the tinted goggles over his eyes as he pushed off the pavement.
Sonic shook his head. "He's gonna wipe out, isn't he?"
Tails only nodded in agreement.
And sure enough, he did. Almost a minute later, the board stalled at a turn, and the echidna was greeted by a wall.
Knuckles stormed back with a dark expression, fur ruffed up a bit. "Not. A. Word."

.:He stopped, and walked over to tails to watch:.

The fox paused. "How...?" He wondered aloud, staring at a particular wire. He sighed, went over to a drawer, and pulled out a spare along with some pliers. "How are these things constantly getting fried?"

.:he laid down now, wondering how much Tails could do in machinery:.

Tails replaced the wires, then proceeded to check the landing gear and propeller. Tails glanced at Maverick and smiled. "So, what sort of things did you do with your owner?"

.:'Play games, eg. tag, fetch, maybe even chess if she's got lots of spare time... Thought in chess I always lost':.

"Which piece do you usually move first?" Tails asked.