[ He can feel the heat emanating off the other man, but he doesn't feel frightened by it. If anything, he feels the draw from the flames, a connection he doesn't understand and really can't explain. ]

Maybe I will! Maybe someone else can teach me without trying to kill me!

[ ...No, he won't. He's not even fooling himself right now. That doesn't mean he can't still sound irritable about it. ]

....If this is real fire, why doesn't it hurt?