"Don't know why you're all worried about my safety, I'm the one covered in armor," Blaze grumbles. The whole point is for her to take the fire so they'll be protected, after all.

At this point she was really expecting Nike to say she didn't have any friends, so the angel's small list gets a particularly eager nod of approval. "Good! See, you're getting the hang of this. Uh, which one is Nekomata?" Jake is new to her too, but Nike says that name like she ought to know it.