"Small fires are usually not a big deal, you can pretty much keep them under control as long as they don't have means to get bigger. That's the tricky thing about fire: it won't really spread unless there's a way to feed it."

And that was probably best he never had to experience it, though given what this place could throw at them at any time, she hoped he would know what to do if he did come across something like that.

"No, you've definitely come a long way! I was that way too, when I first arrived on the Boiling Isles. It never hurts to learn more though, especially since this place is so unpredictable. It would help if you asked Fern about roughing it a bit. Far as I know, he's probably the most worldly of all of us in the house."