 Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?
It took Brandon a few moments to fully comprehend the idea of fire ropes. The idea of fire ropes brought a trillion ethical questions to his mind. It was good to know that you could stop it from burning people, but then you could just use regular rope. Was it ever ethical to set someone on fire? Brandon couldn't really see a situation where he would need to set someone on fire instead of just... hurting them a nicer way? Fire was a Scary thing, and Brandon flinched a little at the demonstration. "Under what circumstances would we have to use this, professor?" Brandon asked anxiously. "I mean... isn't fire... you know..." Painful? He trailed off.
He should still practice the spell, though... better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it. Right?? Reluctantly, Brandon pulled out his wand. He practiced the whip-like motion separately from the incantation ("Ig-NEE-see-o FOO-nem... igneeseeo foonem... Ignisio Funem") for a few minutes before attempting the spell. "Ignisio Funem." A line of fire rope shot out of his wand, making him a little pleased but a lot anxious. He was trying to imagine a giant-sized evil dangerous terrible guy on the other end, but all he could imagine was his family. Or a tiny first year. Or someone like that. And he knew that the flame wasn't going to burn anything this way, but he still worried about hurting someone. It was in his nature to worry about that. |