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But then Silver and the others reset time by killing Solaris. This erases all the consequences of the Solaris Project, including Iblis' existence, meaning Blaze never needs to get sent to Silver's future and thus never meets him. The only difference from the previous timeline is now she has Burning Blaze ready to go.

The question then becomes ''why'', and the most convincing answer is '''Iblis'''. Blaze always had an affinity with flames, which comes into play at the end of Silver Episode as she quickly absorbs Iblis into her soul where Silver failed. Maybe the Sol Emeralds directed her there, as it was her fate? Additionally, she becomes Burning Blaze after absorbing Iblis: maybe fusing with the Flames of Disaster is what gave her this unique transformation in the first place? Once she's fulfilled her fate and gotten a fresh power-up, she returns to her home dimension to resume life as a princess.

* Alternatively, maybe Blaze had already met Eggman Nega at this point. Eggman Nega is originally from Silver's future despite being in the Sol dimension, so what if he was mucking about and Blaze somehow got caught up in his time-space travel, and that's how she ended up in Silver's future? Maybe Nega even sent her there on purpose to get rid of her, like what Dr. Eggman did to Team Sonic with his time machine in ''06'' proper.

Blaze's presence in ''Sonic 06'' can actually be reconciled with her backstory in the ''Sonic Rush'' games: she was unintentionally transported to Silver's bad future by the Sol Emeralds. There are several points where Blaze gets led or teleported through dimensions by the Sol Emeralds without meaning to. Like at the start of ''Rush'', Blaze was pulled through dimensions by the Sol Emeralds so she could retake them from Eggman Nega, who had fled into Sonic's world. And in the DS version of ''Colors'', Blaze told Sonic that she was led to Eggman's amusement park by the Sol Emeralds, without knowing why.

Following this trend, maybe the Sol Emeralds sent Blaze across time and space to end up in Silver's future. This would require that ''06'' happens before ''Rush'', since she doesn't seem to recognize Sonic, nor Eggman or his creations.

The question then becomes ''why'', and the most convincing answer is '''Iblis'''. Blaze always had an affinity with flames, which comes into play at the end of Silver Episode as she quickly absorbs Iblis into her soul where Silver failed. Importantly, she actually enters her Burning Blaze state right after absorbing Iblis: maybe containing the Flames of Disaster is what gave her this unique transformation in the first place? Now that she's gotten a fresh fire power-up, she returns to her home dimension and resumes her life as a princess.