hear me out on this. so, what if she became his best friend when he first moved to denver at age 6? i'm highly considering making her a native to colorado, at least so if i make her a denver native and a local, she could have been his first friend? their families could have lived close by one another and blake is the type to kind of approach someone and say something random like "you look kinda nice, want to be my friend?", always has been since she was an annoying little shit. supported him throughout his move out to the east coast, likely visited him every other month or so just to keep the tether strong, and been a dutiful friend when he got married. i'd love to say that she's been his rock throughout the grieving process of losing his wife, and even offered to have him stay with her when he came back to good old denver.