i think blake would like pearl but also find her a little scary????? maybe less scary now because of long-term exposure, so she'd be alright with being poked, but pearl probably reminds her a lot of her old party friends :( so it's like "pearl is cute but also ahhhhhhhh D:"

oh yes i LOVE that, like she and kyra probably haven't had much chance to interact but i do feel like they'd understand each other in that "being social is weird and being a functional person is even worse" way :( same with lyle