"It sounds strange how you could feed off something but nothing is lost from the person you're feeding from, but who am I to question how powers from other words work." Knuckles partly to himself.

"Okay, I'll be willing to help when you need to feed these powers of yours." Both because he wanted to make sure Cole would not lose his powers when he was so far from home, but so Knuckles could get first-hand experience on how feeding works.