[She nods in agreement. Hopefully Kaio would get stronger. He was still a pup and needed all the belief he could get. The question about how she casted her fire magic makes her pause, before she folds her hands in her lap.]

I was told to think about it as like...drawing fire from a fireplace. I suppose whenever I wanted to use it I pictured it like that, like reachin' in an' pluckin' it...

[Tempted to try, Merida's fingers twitched in concentration as her brow furrows. But, like always, there's nothing, and she lets out a small grumble.]

Damnit.