Well, he wouldn't disagree with that sentiment - this is probably a bad idea, and it was from the start. Still, the things will burn well enough, even if he risks setting fire to the rest of the damn island in the process. That's just about the only way he can be useful. Burning things down.

He doesn't expect the bug-lady to seize him by the arm the way she does and start hauling him back. To say the sudden movement takes him aback would be an understatement; he trip-stumbles over his feet as she tries dragging him backwards, with mixed results.

"We can't just leave it," he finally protests, digging heels into the grass. "It'll set the whole place on fire."

And whose fault is that?