At the yelling, Espio instinctively and quickly covered his ears - these human ears were so much more sensitive than what he was used to, it felt like each word Grell had to say reverberated through his skull!

And she meant his heart, right? He bloody well hoped so. It's not as though she could be talking about -

As Marco and Toby appeared on the scene, his expression shifted into one of confusion and what Marco had to say just prompted a blank stare.

"Huh?"