[Knuckles turned to the new voice, and then had to look up to meet the face of it's owner, why was everyone here so tall?]

Yes.

[It takes a moment for Knuckles to get over his natural reluctance to trust strangers with information.]

Tails, he’s a fox about so high. [Knuckles holds his hand out to show Tails was a little shorter than himself.] Orange fur and two tails. He must have been taken the same time as me so he probably just came though here.