Blaze hated feeling so confused, so out of control of her own emotions. For someone for whom romantic attachment seemed like something only other people would experience, here she was, with a frankly gorgeous wolf man basically asking her to kiss him. And if she were being honest with herself... she wanted to. It was a hard thing for her to admit to herself, the idea that she was so attracted to him, man and beast both. He was stoic, but patient. He cared about her far more than she ever expected him to. But didn't he have that Charizard girl? And then there was Felicia, whose memory Blaze had just been privy to. If she did give in, was there any future when his heart was so divided?

Not to mention her own? Her thoughts drifted to Sonic. Her first friend. And truthfully, her first love. She had fallen for him. Although admitting it to anyone wouldn't happen any time soon. And of course she had no idea how he really felt about her, as his nature wouldn't have allowed him to show it. And now that he had come back into her life like this, he occupied her thoughts more and more. But was there any future there either...? Her duties were to her kingdom. Whatever dalliances she had in Final Destination City couldn't last when she returned home and had to leave them behind, and that was true for both Sonic and Jon.

She hated this. She hated feeling like whatever decision she made it would be like betraying at least one of them. And that would hurt her just as badly as them. And the thought gnawed at her.

"That's not it," she finally told him, getting over the initial shock of it. She struggled to find something, anything to say to him, but couldn't stop kicking herself over it.