a common occurrence

in direct contrast to Sonic who didnt ask to find out about any of that but gets THROWN into a situation where he is actively given context in as much detail as can be

also its crazy how, from what i've observed in the retranslation, a good amount of what happened with the echidna tribe VERY directly impacts Knuckles life and he says to himself "I really dont wanna know what the fuck any of that was about"

i feel like that wouldnt be nearly as much of a deal if the game just let you play as sonic, specifically stopping eggman from doing just that