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‘Pretty direct’ about sums up Blaze’s interpersonal skills in general. It has the advantage that at least there’s no uncertainty, with her. What she says, she means.

“No, we weren’t really… friends.” Case in point. “Seems like I underestimated how close she was to the other guy, though. That should be the end of it anyway. Just keep it in mind if you run into her.”

Even Ghost relaxes, bobbing sheepishly at the direct reassurance. He’s about to add a message to Siri when Steve brings up another old friend- Ghost can’t help looking wary until the pair of them name names. He can’t imagine Adia not being kind, though, and Loki… is at least what official terminology designates a ‘known unknown’.

“Oh, Loki.” Who would probably be a little disappointed if he heard how casually Blaze echoes his name, almost relieved. It's been a long night when Loki feels like the least of your problems. “Yeah, he’s trouble. Potential trouble, anyway. There’s some intel on him in the files, but long story short: he’s Thor’s brother, all right. Went and invaded Earth with an alien army a few years back, and your- uh, the other guy met Thor when they teamed up to stop him.” She folds her own arms, frowning in recollection.

“I never really understood how things worked between them. All I know is Thor trusts him enough to let him run loose, and the other guy didn’t rate it a major threat. As for us- I don’t trust him, but I also kinda owe him. And we’ve got a debt of honor to help keep watch over his kids.” Which might explain certain deviations in the patrol routes Ghost forwarded to them, when Steve and Siri come to take their turn there. Blaze gives a thoughtful ‘hrmm’.

“Worrying’s a lot of work. I’d say leave that to the commander, heh. Just be alert. Think of Loki like…” she waves a hand, “like the Reef Awoken. He might be an ally, or he might decide he’s got some arcane bone to pick so now he’s gonna chase you around with a fully loaded attack craft, but mostly it probably isn’t in his interest to start anything. Just don’t go taking gifts or making promises around him.”

She pauses, frowning again. “I didn’t know there’s really more than one of him, though. That could be tricky. Guess Kaolin just won another bet.”