[SE] it's a mud, mud world

JUST STARING AT THE SUNRISE
ABOVE THIS HOLLOW TOWN
BEEN CHASING EMPTY MEMORIES
THE KIND THAT'S KEEPING YOU DOWN

He doesn't realize at first the wildness that overtakes her is from cherishing of something new unwinding throughout her. It strikes him as she rouses the element with a similar fervor he's felt, that roar of it in his veins demanding more fuel to eat through. He'd though the potency of its destruction due to his lack of mastery, or that perhaps the mere fact that magic blazes that it also consumes logic and reason, tied so sharply with chaos it's risky when unleashed. That she seems overcome with its hungry light now too makes him pause, gaze rising in fresh wonder. Nothing like the easy control Deimos had displayed, well practiced in reining in decimating qualities, she unfurls it much like him. It's not just that she isn't Deimos, same as he isn't. It's something else. Shiny and new.

"Hey," he realizes brightly, "you just had fire arrows before!" He hasn't connected the dots that she mimicked his fire yet, his own magic becoming her match strike, but rather thinks she just uncovered a new ability.

It ground out and away into smoke and ash, mud curdling away as new old monsters reared up. "I'm guessing everyone else being stupid is always the hardest enemy to face," he grins, and is not so thick as to think he might not fall into that category at times. "Though, something that can heal itself does sound annoyingly challenging." The three faces didn't help either, likely making it hard to distract and to hide from.

Shrugging away monsters and idiots in favor of admiration for her glow, nothing at all to do with the flame she bent to her will, his grin responds before his voice does. "Or what what?" he challenges, tilting his head as if considering a new angle to appraise her from. "Just thinking, we could all use some washing off before getting back on the Firecracker," he offers with faux innocence.

THIS SENSE OF INDECISION
AIN'T WHAT WE HAD IN MIND
THE DREAM THAT I ENVISIONED
I AM STILL HOPING TO FIND