...So he fancied himself the doctor's understudy then. [He still can't believe anyone would want to try and be like the Doctor. Then again, there will always be people who will needlessly be cruel, and he will despise the fickle nature of others. He ponders for a moment, whether to let the fox go and wait for the tenrec to come back to continue.

They don't speak much. They seem only focused on supporting Surge when they do. Even when he observed them inside that cave...

Did he even have a single thought that's their own? Or just do and think whatever Surge says and does?]

What are you hoping will happen, once the two of you kill Sonic?