"It's a runaway reaction, really." It's a lot, for someone who has never seen a fire bigger than a candle before. It's a lot even for someone who knows what a house fire can do, but running into it like that, not knowing--

There's a part of him that's tempted to curl up beside Jedao and hold him protectively. He classifies that part of him as probably the fault of Zhu Bajie, who was the touchy-feely sort, and also probably not that helpful.

"Big wildfires on a planet can even make their own weather," he adds, taking refuge in trivia instead. "They'll spawn vast clouds full of lightning."