"This…" With the help of the flames, Igor finally managed to see those fragments clearly, but he was still a bit hesitant, because that pile of fragments looked way too ordinary.
The fragments looked a bit like wood shavings, a bit like coal cinders, and a bit like dust… They seemed just like the sort of stuff you'd see in everyday life, plain and unremarkable.
In no time, the flame in Igor's palm started flickering, then with a whoosh, it went out.
Igor initially thought it had burned through the gas or run out of Energy and thus extinguished, since this place wasn't exactly open and ventilated, so the gas flow could easily have gotten blocked somewhere.
So Igor once again condensed, collided, and produced a flame.
The flame shone for a short while, then went out again with a soft puff.
He tried it several times in a row, over and over, and without exception, it failed.
