Let the Narrator decide what they can and cannot do. Let no other do that for them.

[Ignis holds out a hand. Were this someone else, he would hug them or at least put his hand on their arm or shoulder to comfort them. With the Storyteller, he has no idea how such an action would be accepted.]

Then, for both the sake of this Story and the one who records it, we will part ourselves from the Water and all who worship it in the most explosive way we can. Perhaps, it will show them that not all are willing to stand by and allow their foolishness to hurt those around them.