Nine...oh, because of the nine tails! Hah, I get it. [Nodding, he's too enthused about this.]

Well, it's nice to meet you, not again, but for the first time, Nine. [There's a moment hesitance, but he decides lean forward slightly to offer his hand in a handshake. Any fox variation does not have the brutish strength like Knuckles, right?]

Agent Stone. Sonic, one of them explained the whole "alternate" thing. You have the pleasure of being the first alternate I meet. [It's another furry friend of Sonic, but it's...admittedly kind of neat to meet an actual alternate!]