(I’m sorry this is so long I know you were probably expecting a shorter answer akskdjskndmsnd)

It wasn’t exactly a pleasant meeting that’s for sure. Blaze had heard about Crux from before he lost his memories, and hardly anything said about him was good. After he woke up from his coma, Crux was seemingly a whole different person, his demeanor had changed drastically from the ruthless bastard he was said to be. Crux was tasked to go into Chernobog with a team of operators to determine his tactical capabilities, Ace & Scout left for that mission with him, and didn’t come back. So after all these horrible things that were said about him, leading into the possibility of a different man waking up, two elite operators wound up dead, and they just happened to be Blaze’s closest friends. She had some…choice words for Crux after that. A few weeks and several broken ribs later, everything in Lungmen started happening, and Blaze was assigned with Crux again. There wasn’t much that could be said about what had happened, both of them just knew they needed to push forward, it’s what Ace & Scout would have wanted.

These two didn’t really get close to one another until after everything in Lungmen happened, with Crux carrying Blaze back to the medics himself, and visiting her every day he could in the hospital. There was a lot of buildup to this, but those moments in the hospital are where Blaze really got to meet Crux, and Crux got to meet Blaze. Neither of them had the same regrets they did before, and while the pain was still there, it was possible to get through it together.