Tikal relaxed herself on a stone slab and made Sonic listen to the ancient saying about the Seven Chaos Emeralds while she had him handheld. Something he wasn't expecting at all since he's normally sent to her at normal size. He's stuck there until she's done talking and her red light returns him to the present.
I'm not a fan of drawing panties so I like substituting them with bike shorts instead like Sega recently did with Amy.